corpse

Example Sentences

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No images have been released in public of his corpse and a state funeral that was supposed to have been held earlier this month has been postponed indefinitely.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

“The folkloric Euro-American story of the ‘headless horseman’ comes to mind — a nightmarish, animated corpse who haunts the living.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Israeli forces had to find and extract his corpse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

David carefully composed an idealized corpse to make Marat resemble images of the dead Christ.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Now their only guide was an emaciated corpse lady with serious self-esteem issues.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan