morgue
Example Sentences
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“They called the morgue. They thought you were dead.”
From Literature
In many cases, Iranians say it has taken them days to identify the bodies of relatives among the vast number of people transferred to morgues.
Mourners gathered around the bodies as they were taken from the morgue towards the hospital courtyard, where men lined up in silence to perform an Islamic funeral prayer recited for the dead.
From Barron's
Qaiser said that officials were unable to help them, describing how his family had been told to visit both the burns centre and the morgue at different times.
From BBC
People reached by the Journal reported seeing masses of bodies in morgues and cemeteries and believed the death toll to be higher than what’s been acknowledged by authorities.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
