How to Use bury in a Sentence

bury

verb
  • The dog buried her bone.
  • The disclaimer was buried in the fine print.
  • He buried the money in the backyard.
  • She buried her face in her hands.
  • He has learned to bury his feelings.
  • Their ancestors are buried in the local cemetery.
  • The newspaper covered the story, but it was buried in the back of section C.
  • He was buried with full military honors.
  • Tulip bulbs need to be buried deep.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
  • It’s now lost, buried some four miles away.
    — Cree Lefavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
  • This buries the block into the sand.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But there is order buried in the chaos.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • One person was found buried there.
    — Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • She was buried in an unmarked grave.
    — Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There were suits that people had got buried in.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
  • These guys figured that the dog should be buried.
    — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t bury it; light contact is enough.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
  • This is why her legacy was buried for so long.
    — Margena A. Christian, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
  • Where lessons are studied, not buried.
    — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Here my children were born, and one lies buried.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the settings are buried a bit in new menus.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This time, his temper may have buried them.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Why did the girls feel the need to bury their album?
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Poe himself wasn’t buried alive.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • If roots are buried too deeply, they can be smothered.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
  • They're buried in there somewhere.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Strange, because he wasn’t buried on the bench.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • One of them may have been the chieftain who buried the weapons.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Do not bury, pour out or discard grease and food in your yard.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 8 May 2026
  • The area around the door frames can show names of the people buried there.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 May 2023

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