carcase
Example Sentences
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In a powerful speech, she said the "burnt carcase" of Grenfell Tower had revealed the "true face of Kensington" - poverty, malnutrition and a lack of care.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2017
Statistics from Defra show that household purchases of pork, beef, mutton and lamb carcase meat have halved since the late 70s.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2013
They looked in wonder at the carcase of the fell beast that lay there; and their steeds would not go near.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Accordingly each of them cut off a part of a limb of the huge carcase, went to the king, and represented himself to be the destroyer of the great raw-eater, and claimed the reward.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Day, Lal Behari
We, retarding our healthy progress by all the gross weight of our maniac contempt of the refined idea: England striving vainly to compel her lumbersome carcase by the straining wings of conscience and desire.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
