How to Use embalm in a Sentence

embalm

verb

• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Her skin had been embalmed with juniper and frankincense.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Some funeral homes, for example, have a rule that a body must be embalmed for public viewing.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• The couple opened the Return to Nature home in May 2016, touting it as a place for environmentally conscious burials that use no chemicals or embalming fluids, and opt for biodegradable caskets.
  — Armani Syed, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024