EXHUME in a Sentence

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In short, every possible item of evidence was exhumed, and the whole of his previous history investigated.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXHUME
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exhume
 v.  dig out of ground; remove from grave
Classic Sentence:
1  Having chosen to exhume them, after ten years of burial, she has a weird array.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
2  Of all the pre-adamite whales yet exhumed, by far the largest is the Alabama one mentioned in the last chapter, and that was less than seventy feet in length in the skeleton.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale's Magnitude Diminish?—Will He...
3  In short, every possible item of evidence was exhumed, and the whole of his previous history investigated.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  Could evidence of the serial killer have been buried with his victim? To answer this question, the police asked the authorities for permission to exhume the victim's body.