How to Use embalm in a Sentence

embalm

verb
Definition of embalmnext
  • While Salomon pointedly embalms many of her images of trees, this picture is swirlingly alive.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
  • In a natural burial, that doesn’t happen and bodies typically are not embalmed, Perry said.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
  • In a traditional burial, bodies are often embalmed with a mixture of chemicals such as formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde and other solvents.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
  • One of the bodies that had not been embalmed was in the garage for about six weeks.
    — CBS News, 12 July 2017
  • Ed was interred in a Packard from the 1940s, embalmed in the passenger seat.
    — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Later, the Union used it to embalm their dead soldiers.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Egyptians used it both to season their food and to embalm their dead.
    — Shirley Burgett, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2017
  • Some of the substances were not commonly used for embalming in Egypt at the time.
    — Popular Science, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Her body, which was not embalmed, was buried in a wooden coffin.
    — Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
  • She was not embalmed, and her grave was dug by hand by her sisters, said the website of the monastic order.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 27 May 2023
  • His songs weren’t designed to be worshiped or embalmed.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2019
  • The same record also indicated the body had been embalmed for four months.
    — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Why had there been a seeming rush to embalm the body, without an autopsy?
    — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The lawsuit also claims that Smith’s body was not embalmed correctly and the vault or casket was not sealed.
    — Christopher Harress | Charress@al.com, al.com, 4 July 2019
  • The remains were intact even though the body had not been embalmed and was in a wooden coffin, according to the news outlet.
    — Raja Razek, CNN, 26 May 2023
  • Crump said that in addition to the wallet, Peretti found that Wade had not been embalmed before being buried.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Now the interesting thing about this screaming man was that he wasn't embalmed.
    — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
  • Her body was buried in a wooden coffin without any embalming in very moist clay.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 29 May 2023
  • So the concerning aspects of burying the dead are the embalming fluid.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Burials, too, can be harmful to the environment, as the chemicals used to embalm a body can leach out into the soil.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
  • And if a body has to cross state lines from Alabama to Mississippi for burial, it must be embalmed first.
    — Maggie Jones, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The funeral director will embalm the deceased and then the Amish family will take the body into their care.
    — Caleb Wilde, The Cut, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The idea of embalming the dead began after the Civil War, when grieving families in the north wanted to transport soldiers home from the south.
    — Rosie Colosi, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Ever the enigma, while her choice to embalm may be traditional, her last look will be anything but.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 29 July 2021
  • Used to embalm and preserve bodies in morgues, some butchers use formalin to keep meat from going off.
    — Julien Chongwang, Quartz Africa, 7 July 2020
  • Her organs were removed, embalmed, and bundled in bags placed in her chest cavity.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2020
  • All the tropes of Abstract Expressionism seem to be embalmed, like something from Madame Tussauds.
    — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The staff member said the smell was most likely from embalming chemicals, the suit said, and told the family that the chemicals were not toxic.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Lancaster was buried in a simple wooden coffin and was not embalmed.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 29 May 2023
  • He is said to have ordered Mariamne’s body to be embalmed in honey to preserve her beauty; then, sickened by his guilt, Herod retreated to the desert.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019

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