embalm

Example Sentences

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Another part of you frantically tries to embalm the memories, fearing the natural deterioration and gnawing terror of time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

Scott was employed at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services, where part of her job was to transport, cremate and embalm remains.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2023

It is used to embalm dead bodies and to make perfume, incense and medicine.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2023

“I had no desire to embalm or freeze artists who were still alive and making work.”

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2022

It caused Claudia to want to embalm Jamie in a vat of mummy fluid right that minute.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg