unburied

Speech parts

1. unburied - Adjective

2. unburied - Verb

Meaning

not buried

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Phrases with the word

Examples

You common cry of curs whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead carcasses of unburied men That do corrupt my air, -I banish you. William Shakespeare

Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. John Webster

His cold remains all naked to the sky, On distant shores unwept, unburied lie. Homer

The fulfilment of that duty is sometimes associated with the name of a princess in ancient Greece who was prepared to defy the decree of the king and lose her own life rather than leave her brother’s body lie unburied on the streets of the city. Source: Internet

Mortimer Wheeler interpreted the presence of many unburied corpses found in the top levels of Mohenjo-Daro as the victims of a warlike conquest, and famously stated that " Indra stands accused" of the destruction of the IVC. Source: Internet

For the Duke thought it unseemly to receive money for such merchandise, and equally he considered it wrong that Harold should be buried as his mother wished, since so many men lay unburied because of his avarice. Source: Internet

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