embalming fluid
Example Sentences
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Blood is removed and embalming fluid - containing the disinfectant formaldehyde - is pumped around the body.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Most embalming fluid is made of formaldehyde, which is not great for marine life, but Love said it wasn’t a huge worry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
The same use of embalming fluid, concrete, and hardwood that make death so polluting also make it expensive.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2021
Freezine contained formaldehyde, an ingredient in embalming fluid, that was toxic and commonly mixed with rancid milk.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
Listen, he told himself, no one can be buried alive these days, not like in the olden times when there was no embalming fluid and stuff.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
