How to Use mummy in a Sentence

mummy

noun
  • Next to her, in a small wooden box, is the mummy of a child.
    Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Set them up, and see who can knock down the most mummies.
    Heather Jeffcoat, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The threshold of the future will be swept free of mummies!
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
  • Its traces were found in the 3,000-year-old mummy of Pharaoh Ramses V of Egypt.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Let cool for 5 minutes; place pecans like eyes on the mummy.
    Allene Arnold, al, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The next day, the Queen's daughter Anne visits her mummy.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • But the head coach wore a mask up to his eyes, looking like a Halloween mummy.
    John Branch, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2020
  • But for eight long years, the galleries have been as still as the ancient mummies wrapped up in linen.
    Anthony Sattin, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Ancient Egyptians used to wear linen as a sign of high class and even wrapped mummies in it.
    Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2023
  • The mummies have been part of Mexican culture since the 1860s.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Anubis was also known as the guardian of the dead, so mummies were buried with amulets adorned with a jackal.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Images of scarabs were believed to bring good fortune, in this world and the next, if sewn in to the wrappings of your mummy.
    National Geographic, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Scientists know that there’s more than one way to make a mummy.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022
  • This could also go part way to explaining why the mummy as encased in a tomb with the priest's name.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Try making up a batch of these fun, easy pizza mummies!
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 27 July 2023
  • The pic featured Kim in a strange mummy-like white dress with no sleeves to speak of and sported her then-blonde hair in a braided style.
    Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The downside to mummy’s is that a lot of folks feel too restricted inside one.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The mummy thus opens up new pathways into the study of perinatal health in the ancient world.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2021
  • Like a beef mummy, without the gauze wrap or the murderous thirst for revenge.
    James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • These mummies were all part of Egypt’s 1 percent, after all.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The wooden coffin is the largest of the three concentric coffins inside which King Tut’s mummy was found.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Much of the evidence for this assertion comes from CT scans of his mummy.
    Bob Brier, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Jeff spent weeks in a hospital bound like a mummy with bandages.
    Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • People around the world were concerned that opening the tomb would set off an ancient mummy curse, but things are fine ... for now.
    Jennie Neufeld, Vox, 21 July 2018
  • And lice like those found in American mummies can also be a source of ancient DNA.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Designs include a witch, a pumpkin, a vampire, a mummy and a smiling ghosts, all of which are more fun than scary.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Proud of mummy x 10 years and what an amazing way to celebrate in London ?? ..
    Isabel Greenberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Sep. 2018
  • In addition to the tsantsa, the Pitt Rivers moved a group of Naga trophy heads and the mummy of an Egyptian child into storage.
    Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2020
  • This mummy, the scientists hope, will shed new light on pregnancy in the ancient world.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2021
  • Her tomb has not been identified, although her mummy and that of her husband have.
    National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2020

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