How to Use carcass in a Sentence
carcass
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But these stinky carcasses send a massive pulse of food to scavengers in the soil.
—Celia Ford, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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The owner followed the signal and found the carcass of the bluetick hound, which had already been fed on by wolves.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 July 2024
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Officers also found the remaining carcass of the golden eagle in an open field.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
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One is nicknamed the Cannibal, which earned the moniker by feasting on the carcasses of dead dragons.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 July 2024
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Along with his drug boss, my father, King, used kiddie-ride cardboard boxes and fiberglass carcasses to move drugs across the country.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
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The Revenant is more than Leo spitting, eating, and climbing into an actual carcass.
—Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 23 May 2022
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After all, their diet consists in part of carrion, as opossums scavenge among carcasses as well as hunting other small mammals.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2024
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As these stinking carcasses start to decay, those nutrients go into the soil around trees, creating a nutrient cache for the tree and the cicadas.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
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Vanity Fair went so far as to consult a veterinarian, who confirmed that the carcass in the picture did indeed appear to be a dog.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
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Around the wall were rusting carcasses of helicopters and airplanes confiscated from miners on previous raids.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
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In April, foresters in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, found three injured kangaroos and the carcass of a fourth one.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 June 2022
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The past two years the festival had upwards of 100 people come out and rip along the wood ramps and concrete half pipes, riders launching naked over the burning flames of the brown carcass of a car in the center of the pit.
—Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
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At the base of the hills is an elk carcass, and somewhere in the trees above it, a small pack of wolves.
—Angela Owens, wsj.com, 17 Apr. 2023
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Place the carcasses and skin in a large saucepan or small pot.
—Sheri Castle, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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Get rid of the carcass, shallots and ginger, and stir in the barley.
—Andy Baraghani, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
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The carcass was burned to make sure the virus didn’t spread to any scavengers, Beckmen said.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2023
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The sharks were six, eight and nine feet in length and were feeding on the carcass of a sea lion.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 July 2023
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She was then filmed tearing chunks of the shark’s flesh off of its carcass with her teeth.
—Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
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The video concludes with the bear standing over the massive carcass of its kill.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 23 Aug. 2023
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One carcass lay near the road, ringed by traps for the foxes that, like the frost, steal animals from the herd.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
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Experts at the museum suspect the carcass was a fin whale based on the size.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2024
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Not only is the duck fat pure culinary gold, the carcass is nothing to sniff at.
—Hana Asbrink, Bon Appétit, 8 Nov. 2022
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Eagles had nearly picked the carcass clean by mid-June.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
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Like many folks, Hodgson uses the carcass to make stock.
—Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022
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In one, a grinning man holds up the carcass of a leopard as blood drips down his forearms.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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Video showed thousands of fish carcasses on the surface of the water at Bryan Beach.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 13 June 2023
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The critters stick to tires and the bottoms of shoes, and their carcasses are everywhere, even in gyms.
—Rio Yamat, Fortune, 20 June 2023
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Simmer the carcass with vegetable scraps in a pot on the stovetop, or use the Instant Pot for a faster, more hands-off process.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
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When removed from the mold, clean-up and buffing is required to get the carcass ready for the cover layer.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
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According to Wheeler, the plan calls for the owl carcasses to be removed from the area where they’re shot.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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