mortician

Example Sentences

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"We go from service to lifesaving to mortician, dealing with dead bodies and then doing crowd control," the 40-year-old says.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025

The once unidentified man was in jail accused of being a thief, and he was accidentally mummified by a mortician experimenting with new embalming techniques.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2023

He is quick to sympathize with those adults who helped him, especially Mrs. McElroy and his beloved grandmother, a rural Alabama mortician.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

The Washington Post reports that workers lifted a tarp for privacy as John Hill, who shared an ancestor with the general, helped a mortician gather the remains in a body bag.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022

It was her public face the mortician had designed with his dubious art.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez