Many warriors were left unburied, a thing that in his time would have shamed any chief or warrior who led a raid.
At the end, necessarily, many bodies must have been left unburied, but these were usually in the areas around hospitals which had been concentration-points.
One should not allow the remains to be left unburied beyond 72 hours at a maximum.
Polynices, however, will be left unburied because he started a war on Thebes when he did not get his way.
His corpse was left unburied to be eaten by scavengers.
Since he was particularly hated by the local populace his body was left unburied for many days.
Who else will I have to leave unspoken and unburied?
"Walter, why are the bodies left unburied in the lanes?"
The dead were left unburied, for there were too many of them to attend to, even with the leisure of several days.
Sure enough, Creon has issued a wrong command: the corpse of a traitor must be left unburied.