embalm

It can also be dangerous to embalm traditions, Burke believed, noting that “a state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023

Another unexpected application for the antimicrobial sealant: “To embalm large intruders like mice and wasps that are too heavy to carry out after they sting them to death,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

Families were no longer required to embalm their loved ones — a service that can cost anywhere from $500 to $1,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

Someone had to embalm her before Mollie saw her.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

But currently in the mortuary, Ms Walton embalms about three to four bodies a day.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023

Zahn, owner of the Tillman Funeral Home & Crematory, embalms and buries people for a living.

From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 24, 2013

The average funeral home embalms about 150 bodies a year, suggesting that many embalmers are not exposed to formaldehyde throughout the day.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2011

Among them is Paccione Funeral Directors in Staten Island, which embalms up to 140 bodies a month.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2011

The nominalization rule takes a perfectly spry verb and embalms it into a lifeless noun by adding a suffix like -ance, -ment, -ation, or -ing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

And Stalin himself, whose body was initially interred in the same mausoleum that housed the embalmed Vladimir Lenin, was subjected to criticism for some of his evil deeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

A local undertaker said the embalmed remains of the Iranian sailors were being sent back in sealed boxes.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

A pilgrimage to the oldest concrete road in America detours to meeting a descendant of the undertaker who embalmed Chef Boyardee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

The bodies had been donated to science, with the subjects dying in the past three years and then embalmed.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025

Westing was already embalmed; tomorrow he would be cremated.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

Resting on the mummy's abdomen was a papyrus that had been deliberately placed there as part of the embalming ritual.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

They grouped the compounds into four main categories connected to specific embalming ingredients.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026

Eventually, the discovery of formaldehyde and the use of embalming fluids reduced the demand for cadavers, as did the growing number of people donating their bodies to science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

The dark dramedy “Six Feet Under” also revolved around a dysfunctional family generations in the embalming business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025

A technical mistake: pumped her too full of formaldehyde or embalming fluid or whatever they used.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien