embalm

Example Sentences

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Too often the conservative impulse extends to institutional thinking, which leaves cultural ideals and values embodied in objects embalmed in Beauty and Greatness, and left at that.

From New York Times

Thus, he watched his initially contemporary novel age into an embalmed period piece about the crippling, self-cannibalizing anxieties that homosexual men lived with in early-20th-century England.

From New York Times

Cremation and embalming are prohibited, as are autopsies, unless in extreme circumstances.

From Washington Post

Donning white protective suits, Ardi and another crew member picked up her embalmed body, placed it in a coffin and prayed over it before driving to the cemetery for a burial.

From Reuters

On Thursday, Kim paid respects at the mausoleum where the embalmed body of his grandfather, national founder Kim Il Sung, lies in state to mark the 27th anniversary of his death.

From Seattle Times