corpse

Example Sentences

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The other hostages look to Ernest for answers when a corpse turns up on bank property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Mojtaba Khamanei said in his message he had seen the late ayatollah's corpse after his "martyrdom".

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Héctor checked for vitals and then placed a paper blanket over the corpse.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

“The folkloric Euro-American story of the ‘headless horseman’ comes to mind — a nightmarish, animated corpse who haunts the living.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

A barnacle-covered creature as pale as a corpse, and the dark, oily tentacle of a second creature gripping on to the first.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman