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Example sentences for "exhumation"

Lexicographically close words:
exhorter; exhorters; exhorteth; exhorting; exhorts; exhume; exhumed; exhuming; exige; exigeant
  1. It was my good fortune to witness the exhumation during the present year of examples of this remarkable class of oaken cists, under circumstances of peculiar interest.

  2. The point of exhumation is not twenty miles distant from Cardiff.

  3. And so it appeared, except a few flakes dropped off while the work of exhumation was going on; and perhaps others yesterday.

  4. A fourth exhumation will take place at the close of the Apostolic Process begun at Rome in April of 1911.

  5. This first exhumation was rendered more memorable by a signal occurrence, which caused a great sensation in the general public.

  6. Five or six feet of earth, upon an average, must be removed before the process of uncovering can be said to have fairly commenced, so that the prospective labor of exhumation is simply immense.

  7. Reiss records the death of a woman who was hastily buried while her husband was away, and on his return he ordered exhumation of her body, and on opening the coffin a child's cry was heard.

  8. When summoned to answer for this he threatened a popular uprising, but the tribunal held good, exhumed the body and verified its identity, after which the Suprema ordered a second exhumation and burial under its authority.

  9. A hard task, this exhumation by dint of the blows of a cleft and palpitating head.

  10. In every medium, therefore, whether sand, mould or any earthy combination, great are the sufferings that attend the exhumation of the fly.

  11. Two men implicated in the matter Mr Bradlaugh himself captured and handed over to the police in the middle of the night, and, in consequence of the evidence sworn to, an order was made for the exhumation of the body of Monahan.

  12. As there was no record of the place of burial, the details of the exhumation were revolting in the extreme.

  13. In all these countries the supply was most ample, exhumation was unknown, and the cost of learning anatomy to the students was very moderate.

  14. The doctors who had held the autopsy were there, Captain Mancel and Foison, who was in great agitation, although he tried to hide it, at having to assist at the exhumation of his victim.

  15. This incident terminated the enquiry; the body was returned to the earth, and those who had been present at the exhumation started for La Délivrande.

  16. The two examples of the exhumation of Pachydermata in a fresh state, which I have given in detail, are by no means the only cases that have occurred.

  17. And first, I would mention some circumstances bearing analogy to the exhumation of the fresh Pachyderms of Siberia.

  18. Again the process of exhumation was set afoot and there was not the smallest doubt that the deceased had died from arsenical poisoning.

  19. Sufficient doubt existed to justify the exhumation of the body and proceed to a postmortem examination.

  20. Livingston, his nephew, superintended the exhumation and removal.

  21. In exhumation of long buried bodies, it may be necessary to know the composition of the soil.

  22. It occasionally happens that an exhumation is ordered a very long time after death, when no organs or parts (save the bones) are to be distinguished.

  23. Exhumation of the first took place four weeks after.

  24. Telegraphic report says the Vicar of Stratford has authorized the exhumation of the remains of Shakspere that they may compare the skull with the bust that stands over the grave.

  25. Exhumation of a Body ominous to Family of the Deceased.

  26. Imprudently superintending, whilst somewhat indisposed, the exhumation of an urn in the station, his mortal part was a few days afterwards deposited in the church-yard at Beltingham.

  27. The whole of this interesting structure was removed as the process of exhumation proceeded.

  28. They undertook the exclusive care of the exhumation and transport of the remains over British territory, and it was all done with the utmost propriety.

  29. When all was ready the exhumation took place, and very imposing it was.

  30. I give my vote for an immediate exhumation of the body.


  31. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "exhumation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.