body bag

noun

Definition of body bag

: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation

Examples of body bag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Holmes paired the breezy, loose frock with heeled sandals, a couple necklaces, sunglasses, and a cross-body bag. — Elizabeth Loga, Glamour, 22 June 2021 Sandy put him up in in handcuffs rather than in a body bag. — Lauren Pinnington, Vulture, 18 June 2021 But having to watch Kate zipped up into a body bag was bad. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 June 2021 Mike was later taken off the mountain in a body bag. — CBS News, 22 May 2021 DeLuca is there, too, rolling a gurney with a person who is very much not dead screaming in a body bag. — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2021 My colleague Emily Baumgaertner traces the path of a body bag that ended up holding the remains of a COVID-19 victim. — Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021 The voyage would be at least the sixth body bag shipment to arrive on U.S. shores by sea that month. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2021 The other, gray-haired and bespectacled, wearing a tea-length skirt and a light, cross-body bag, strides forth purposefully. — Maggie Doherty, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2021

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