rigor mortis
Example Sentences
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“This implies they were put there before rigor mortis set in or after it had passed.”
From New York Times • May 16, 2023
Berry nails every lyrical note of domestic rigor mortis in “Every Day a Little Death.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023
The paramedics were called into a room where the lead nurse was performing CPR on a dead man with rigor mortis.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023
In the hours after death, bodies go through a process called rigor mortis where muscles contract and stiffen.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2022
Once removed from its pore, the hair immediately stiffened in rapid rigor mortis.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
