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Meanings of lay unburied in English

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Usage of lay unburied in English
1
She died desolate; her body lay unburied, and I knew it not!
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
2
The Japanese dead lay unburied in the streets for the dogs to eat.
Korea's Fight for Freedom
3
The bodies of the victims lay unburied in the streets.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
4
Many a silent body, our own and the enemy's, lay unburied along the front.
The Greater Love
5
So hurried had been the Afghan dispersal that the dead lay unburied where they had fallen.
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80
6
Thousands more men lay unburied where they fell.
The Irish Times
7
Whole villages perished, and their dead lay unburied.
Hero Tales of the Far North
8
For twelve days did the Greek host rejoice, and all through the days Hector's body lay unburied.
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) / Classic Tales and Old-F...
9
The church doors were barred; the church bells were silent, the sick died unshriven, the dead lay unburied.
Early European History
10
They lay unburied in the streets.
Wolf hall
11
If his father lay unburied, he could not properly be Count of Anjou no matter what the will said.
The Secret Eleanor
12
And one poor fellow lay unburied, just as he had fallen, with his horse across him, and both skeletons.
A Confederate Girl's Diary
13
I say nothing of the taste which could choose the time, when her mother lay unburied, for such a promenade.
North and South
14
There were at the date of their arrival thirty-nine sick men in the hospital, and six lay unburied in the dead-house.
Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, ...
15
Her only thoughts of trouble were, that her father's body lay unburied, and that Borland would come and take her away.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
16
Money could not buy nurses in sufficient numbers, and often the victims lay unburied for days in the places where they had died.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
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