dead body
Example Sentences
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"I didn't see his dead body, so it was difficult for me to believe it."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Certain hardline sections of the ultra-Orthodox community disagree with autopsies, saying any interference with a dead body is a desecration according to the Torah.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
Having fashioned a creature from dead body parts, the scientist recoils from the result, which appears to him to be a monster of “unparalleled barbarity,” and abandons his construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
“Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living,” Gai said.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
It was like a dead body in the way it seemed to draw his eyes.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
