corpse

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

And there’s this one, a pioneering one in California criminal law: a crime even without a corpse, the body of evidence — the corpus delicti.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 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

A few relatives, the Connellys from next door, a couple old guys from the plumbing place where the corpse used to work.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx