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
Funeral directors are unable to embalm or treat the deceased in their care until a death is registered.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025
In 2020, a woman in Michigan with cerebral palsy was declared dead by paramedics but was discovered to be breathing hours later by a funeral home worker who was preparing to embalm her body.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2023
Lawyer Ronald Gordon, who is representing Chen’s family, said Chen’s parents traveled to Fiji after their daughter’s death but didn’t embalm her body and take her to the U.S. as they’d hoped.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2022
Mr. Carriaga addressed him sternly: “Did you embalm Josh Billings?”
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing embalm
Ancient Egypt - Introductory
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