Sentence examples for a decent burial from inspiring English sources

McMahon had not been given a decent burial.

Are wasps cannibals, or did he carry it off to give it a decent burial?

Because he was mad, the town excuses his suicide and gives him a decent burial.

Mr. Giuliani's own "decency commission" has given his museum morality a decent burial.

I think there is a moral obligation to make sure these folks get a decent burial".

"The French eat horses, but we give them a decent burial," he said.

"I think more work needs to be done, and we need to make sure that whatever remains are found there are given a proper, decent burial.

When anonymous bodies are found, particularly when those bodies are of children, strangers often donate to provide for a funeral and decent burial.

The offence of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body is a 'common law' offence: it is not a crime created and governed by statute.

This article was amended on 20 July 2012 because the original suggested that the offence of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body was an indictable offence that could be tried either in the magistrates court or the crown court.

Preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body belongs to a category of offences known as offences against public morality and policy and the instances in which it is deployed are very rare indeed.