mummy

Example Sentences

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In most cases the “mummy portraits”—as the paintings are called—came to be pried or detached from the full mummy by excavators, archaeologists or thieves.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kelly used phrases like "mummy's going to help you get down" instead of telling her son not to jump down.

From BBC

She’s managed to wrap herself in red, white, and blue streamers like a patriotic mummy.

From Literature

And while San Francisco may have the famous California Academy of Sciences, San Jose boasts the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, with mummies and a robot version of Thoth, ancient “Keeper of the Mysteries.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Writing on Instagram, Rachel Duffy said she was "heartbroken" at the death of her "beautiful wee mummy".

From BBC