Del Pilar's corpse lay unburied for three days.

Sandbox toys, too, lay partly unburied, holding slush or puddles rather than sand.

Del Pilar's body lay unburied for days, exposed to the elements.

His body lay unburied for thirty days pending the dedication of the church, and was during that time visited by pilgrims from all parts, incorrupt and emitting a sweet odour.

The Persian authorities were unable to cope with the heavy loss of life, and bodies lay unburied in the streets.

Bodies lay unburied in the streets: the loafers and gutter-rats of Rome had been able to put up little resistance to his heavy-armed troopers.

Kim drove for the banded planet on which dead men still lay unburied.

At another time, he complains that 50 corpses lay unburied.

His body lay unburied for several days before it was interred at the local cemetery.

E. E. Rich described the epidemic by saying that "Families lay unburied in their tents while the few survivors fled, to spread the disease."