How to Use dismember in a Sentence

dismember

verb

• The victims' bodies had been dismembered and buried in the basement.
• Fielder told the police God told her to kill, dismember and throw her son in the garbage.
  — Veronica Hilbring, Essence.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• One of the roast pigs was presented to the Queen and swiftly dismembered with a knife.
  — Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2024
• The bodies were placed in trunks, with one dismembered.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
• Over the next several days, the killers returned to the end of this Boone County lane to dismember the body.
  — James Pilcher, Cincinnati.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Tylee had been dismembered and burned; J.J. was wrapped in plastic and bound by duct tape.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• The Verge spoke with Smith about watching ants dismember other ants, and what that can teach us about the world.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 18 Nov. 2018
• The children were attacked and dismembered in the belief that their body parts will bring wealth.
  — Washington Post, 27 June 2017
• Robinson and Aguilar, the complaint says, used a hatchet or ax and a machete-type of knife to dismember the body.
  — Kelsey Bradshaw, USA TODAY, 7 July 2020
• There's the ‘GB 4’ and then there are other victims that were dismembered.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 15 July 2023
• Ms Wall’s dismembered body was found off the coast of Copenhagen in August.
  — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
• Court documents said the Cochrans lured Regan to their home, shot him, dismembered his body and dumped it in the woods.
  — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2018
• At the same time, much of its history is gone, or dismembered.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2020
• That task was essentially to dismember Ukraine and change the regime in Kyiv, and the force was too small for that purpose.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022
• Sometimes, a group of slaves will incite an all-out revolt and dismember the young in a gruesome game of tug-of-war.
  — Brendan Borrell, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2013
• The cellmate says Gray also told him that Manor had Ray's body dismembered.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2024
• Here, the fight ended when Chase’s son shot him, then dismembered his body, police said.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
• Her body was found dismembered in the woods of North Fairmount in November.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 4 Apr. 2024
• But his brother, Seth, god of chaos, dismembered his body and scattered its pieces.
  — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018
• Wesley Ira Purkey, who raped and murdered a 16-year-old girl and then dismembered, burned and dumped her body in a septic pond.
  — Tribune News Service, al, 25 July 2019
• It’s been over three weeks since Sade Robinson went missing and was later found to be killed and dismembered.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
• Wesley Ira Purkey Purkey raped, murdered and dismembered a 16-year-old girl.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2019
• The heroin didn't kill her, so another man broke her neck, dismembered her and buried her remains in the woods, court records say.
  — CBS News, 17 June 2024
• The camera shows a flash of limbs, some dismembered, some still attached to writhing, screaming bodies.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• The two men then used an ax and knife to dismember his corpse, wrapped the pieces in plastic bags, and drove to the Idaho-Oregon border to dump the body parts in the Brownlee Reservoir.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 7 Sep. 2022
• Then the gator started to roll, a common predatory move meant to dismember prey.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2021
• Robinson, 19, was killed and dismembered in early April, a crime that has shaken much of the Milwaukee area.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
• The girl had gone to fetch water in a nearby swamp when she was abducted, strangled and dismembered.
  — Tonny Onyulo, USA TODAY, 1 May 2017
• The little bombs have dismembered at least one soldier and caused hearing loss in others.
  — Aaron Rowe, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2010
• The couple had only been married for three months when Diaz's in-laws found the 21-year-old’s body dismembered in their home, which was reportedly owned by the in-laws.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024