dead body
Example Sentences
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For 30 years, a dead body known as "Green Boots" has been lying in the snow, nestled under an overhanging rock, not far from Mount Everest's summit.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“If I ever show up on ‘White Lotus,’ I’d almost certainly be the dead body at the beginning,” says Probst, “and fans would probably say, ‘Well, he definitely had that coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 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
Amaranta pretended to accept the decision and little by little she recovered from her fevers, but she promised herself that Rebeca would marry only over her dead body.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
