Examples of 'contain the remains' in a sentence

Meaning of "contain the remains"

This phrase is often used in the context of burial or cremation. It suggests that something, such as a container or vessel, is holding or preserving the physical remains (e.g., ashes or bones) of a deceased person or animal

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contain the remains
This sarcophagus should contain the remains.
Three of them contain the remains of undetermined victims.
Since then many battles have been fought in a quest to contain the remains.
They all contain the remains of unidentified victims.
The upper chapel was planned to contain the remains of the saints.
These pads contain the remains of an iron stove and system of concrete spoon drains.
The abdominal cavities of skeletons of this ichthyosaur often contain the remains of such food.
The chambers contain the remains of several people.
The Roman sarcophagus beneath the church is said to contain the remains of Modestus.
Some graves contain the remains of horses and chariots.
Therefore, only about 20 of the tombs actually contain the remains of kings.
Fecal masses may contain the remains of unboiled food.
They contain the remains of more than 6 million people.
Many hiding places found in the mountains contain the remains of stone tools and pottery.
It may also contain the remains of a group murdered before the end of the war.

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Several of the rooms in the villa also contain the remains of the Roman hypocausts.
These contain the remains of numerous fortified villages, known as kayas, of the Mijikenda people.
Many small cemeteries contain the remains of enslaved people.
Both graves contain the remains of prisoners of war murdered in June 1945.
The mausoleum does not claim to contain the remains of Genghis Khan.
Two ossuaries contain the remains of a further 2,300 unidentified French soldiers.
Each of these secondary sites is believed to contain the remains of between 80 and 180 bodies.
They both contain the remains of Ukrainian prisoners of war that were murdered on 19 March 1945.
Single crypt, Built to contain the remains of one body.
They contain the remains of Slovene civilians murdered in June 1945.
Some of these rich burials contain the remains of more than one person.
The ditches also contain the remains of many human inhumations.
Vulcano… “Hierà”, crowned, because it is thought to contain the remains of the god Eole.
The six pits each contain the remains of a carriage and two horses.
Members of the mission visited 11 gravesites, alleged to contain the remains of 26 victims, including combatants.
They all contain the remains of Ustaša soldiers.
A tomb . One known to contain the remains of Primes.
The sepulchres also contain the remains of royal consorts who were parents of monarchs.
The leaks say the coffin may contain the remains of the Israeli spy Eli Cohen.
These cases and boxes contain the remains of saints for veneration by the faithful.
The two coffins along the wall contain the remains of Stanisław 's father and uncle.
The crystal clear waters contain the remains of a Roman construction and the occasional freshwater fish.
The Karro Beds in Africa, for example, contain the remains of perhaps 800 billion vertebrates!
One known to contain the remains of Primes.
This sarcophagus should contain the remains of Emperor Nimbala, who ruled.

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