embalmer

Example Sentences

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In mid-September — less than a week after Bews died — an embalmer from the Chapel of Light, a Fresno-based funeral home, came to pick up her body in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

But Mr. Harvell has been studying embalming and practicing as an embalmer for nearly a quarter of a century, beginning when he was 16.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Her brain and neck bones were removed for months by the pathologist and her body was difficult to preserve so we had to use the services of a specialist embalmer to enable a dignified burial.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2021

To the embalmer for long preservation, Or you might think about speedy cremation.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2021

“Remember when I was the embalmer in Ms. Tannenbaum’s class?”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina