corpse

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 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

Nietzsche said God is dead, but skimped on details of how we’d deal with the corpse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Israeli forces had to find and extract his corpse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

One Tuesday afternoon, the heat of August lying on the town like a corpse, Colonel Meecham ordered Ben and Matthew into the car for a trip to the base.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy