rigor mortis

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Berry nails every lyrical note of domestic rigor mortis in “Every Day a Little Death.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023

Paramedics told investigators the man had rigor mortis, meaning he had been dead for hours, undercutting the staff’s contention they monitored patients closely.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2022

One who has worked in places including Kosovo and Rwanda on war crimes investigations, who did not want to be named, told the BBC that by four days rigor mortis has "usually subsided".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2022

To make it easier on a woman who has snuck past security to see her father's body, he wraps gauze around his head to close the open mouth that occurs when rigor mortis sets in.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2021

“How do you feel, hand?” he asked the cramped hand that was almost as stiff as rigor mortis.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway