embalm

Example Sentences

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Before the 90-day waiting period is over, mortuaries are not allowed to embalm or cremate people without authorization from their next of kin, so the cooler is the only way to keep remains preserved.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

It is used to embalm dead bodies and to make perfume, incense and medicine.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2023

Families were no longer required to embalm their loved ones — a service that can cost anywhere from $500 to $1,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Why had there been a seeming rush to embalm the body, without an autopsy?

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

Someone had to embalm her before Mollie saw her.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann