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How to use embalm in a sentence

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Embalm means to treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition. Example: “AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.”

More sentences with embalm

  • AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.From the entry av
  • The subject of this discussion is embalming, or as it is often called in Europe—thanatopraxy.2006, Peter J. Ball, “Embalming—United Kingdom and European”, in Robert G. Mayer, Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice, 4th edition…. From the entry thanatopraxy
  • Indians do not hinder the progress of their dead by embalming or tight coffining.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 19, in Klee Wyck. From the entry coffin
  • Mitchell of Wisconsin testifies before the Pure Food Commission that butchers embalm scraps of meat for use in Hamburger steaks.1900, “Chronological, (1899)”, in Frederic Heath, editor, Social Democracy Red Book, Terre Haute, Ind.: Debs Publishing Company, page 119. From the entry hamburger steak
  • In a montage that is equal parts boisterous and horrifying, an upbeat tune plays as they pass the embalmed hand around like a blunt.2023 September 1, Molly Kusilka, “In ‘Talk to Me,’ Possession is a Deadly Addiction”, in Filmdaze, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2023. From the entry pass around like a blunt
  • Pantiles baked brick hard, mouldy oats for skilly, dried peas for soup, embalmed pork and beef more fat and bone than meat.2013, Wayne Ward, Old Union, page 168. From the entry pantile
  • In cases of extensive trauma, trying to fill a body with embalming fluid is like trying to fill a sieve or a sponge.2011, Dr Bill Bass, Jefferson Bass, Jon Jefferson, Beyond the Body Farm. From the entry unionall
  • On the other hand, the phoongyees or the monks depending on their years of monkship and status with, were embalmed and kept much longer.2002, Krishna Dutta, Walking from the gallows. From the entry monkship
  • 'Amp' and 'fry' are joints or swishers that have been dipped in embalming fluid laced with PCP and then frozen prior to smoking.1994, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse, volume 1, page 45. From the entry swisher
  • It’s been years since arsenic was used in embalming fluid in England, but in those days some morticians in France were still using it.1975 (indicated as 1974), Emma McCloy Layman, chapter IX, in Airesboro Castle, New York, N.Y.: Lenox Hill Press, →ISBN, page 107. From the entry embalming fluid
  • Across the asphalt that was sufficiently semifluid to receive and embalm millions of starsharp stones and bravely gay candywrappers a drugstore twinkled artificial enticement.1964, Brown, Leonard, A Quarto of Modern Literature, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 554. From the entry candywrapper
  • A person seeking a permit to practise embalming, cremation or thanatopraxy is not subject to the requirement to reside in Quebec provided that he or she resides in Canada.2014 August 11, “Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment”, in CETA Services and Investment Reservations, Canada Provincial and…. From the entry thanatopraxy
  • Yet another scatological medicament was obtained from mummy, the material derived from a dried or embalmed human corpse, the most valuable being that imported from Mizraim (ancient Egypt).1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 253. From the entry mummy
  • His embalmed corpse, exhibited to this day in the mausoleum in Moscow, aptly symbolizes the new order which, he promised, was soon to embrace all mankind.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford…. From the entry mausoleum
  • So it was suspected that George had killed his brother with embalming fluid, because of his fear that he would lose his girl to the younger, handsomer brother.1975 (indicated as 1974), Emma McCloy Layman, chapter IX, in Airesboro Castle, New York, N.Y.: Lenox Hill Press, →ISBN, page 107. From the entry embalming fluid
  • These "has beens" of the human race were embalmed in dead languages, placed under the religious care of the church and served to guide the thinking of each generation.1909, North Dakota Educational Association, Proceedings of the Annual Session of the North Dakota Educational Association, Volume 22, page…. From the entry has been
  • I was writing for High Times and Playboy's OUI magazine, where the Love Generation, at least the phallused half, had been fluffed, folded and if not embalmed, at least zombified.2010, Mark Christensen, Acid Christ: Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy, Schaffner Press, →ISBN, page 351. From the entry phallused

Meaning of embalm

  1. verb To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.
  2. verb To preserve.
  3. verb To perfume or add fragrance to something.

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Questions about embalm in a sentence

How do you use embalm in a sentence?
Embalm is used as a verb. For example: “AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.”
What is a short sentence with embalm?
“AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.”
What does embalm mean?
Embalm means to treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.

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