corpse

Example Sentences

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A hearse driver lost his argument that the corpse in back was a passenger.

From Los Angeles Times

If Wolf hadn’t warned him, he would have touched the corpse -and to touch the dead is to risk terrible danger.

From Literature

No images have been released in public of his corpse and a state funeral that was supposed to have been held earlier this month has been postponed indefinitely.

From Barron's

Doctors lacked advanced medical tools, so a corpse was watched for three days to be certain it did not awaken.

From Literature

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

From BBC