corpse

Example Sentences

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They seem to be lowering Christ’s corpse, which is thrust forward from the picture plane, onto the altar below the painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Mojtaba Khamanei said in his message he had seen the late ayatollah's corpse after his "martyrdom".

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Héctor checked for vitals and then placed a paper blanket over the corpse.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Nietzsche said God is dead, but skimped on details of how we’d deal with the corpse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

If Wolf hadn’t warned him, he would have touched the corpse -and to touch the dead is to risk terrible danger.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver