dead body

Example Sentences

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“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

"Over my dead body," said Barry Hearn, then the chairman of World Snooker, amid suspicions some years ago that under his leadership the tournament might leave Sheffield.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

In "The Gallerist" -- starring Oscar winners Natalie Portman and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, along with Jenna Ortega and Sterling K. Brown -- a desperate curator tries to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 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

I was seventeen years old when I saw my first dead body.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley