7 sentences with 'corpse'
Example sentences and phrases with the word corpse and other words derived from it.
• « The corpse was wrapped in animal skins or attire and crowned with a wooden mask with a protruding nose and round eyes. It was then equipped for the afterlife: toys, tongs, belts, drinks and food, gourds with corn, snails, etc. »
• « In the cockpit, Simon Rogers, who had been holding Captain Lancaster's legs trapped in the broken window, suddenly felt his ankles twitch in his hands; his feet began to move. Despite believing it must be the last muscle spasm of a corpse, he continued to resist and hold on. »
• « -It's a person! -Erika exclaimed. It was a corpse lying face down in the muddy water, and it appeared to have a wound on its skull. »
• « The frozen corpse lay face down, with his right arm flexed underneath as if to protect himself from a blizzard. Among the ice were strands of hair and beard, and shreds of clothing. »
• « Back in Innsbruck on Tuesday morning, the coroner prepared the corpse for examination and placed beside it the objects collected from the place where it was found: some fragments of wood, the knife, a strange cylindrical case of birch bark about 20 centimetres long and, most strikingly, an axe with a metal head and an L-shaped wooden handle. »
• « The amazing thing is that the corpse of the insect trapped in propolis is preserved for a long time, showing no signs of putrefaction. The bees themselves use it as a "brick" to repair a crack in the honeycomb or to narrow the entrance. »