human remains

plural noun

: parts of the bodies of dead people

an area where ancient human remains have been found

Examples of human remains in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Christina Leona Cowens, 41, was initially arrested last week on suspicion of felony grand theft, along with misdemeanor counts of unlawful disposal of human remains and attempting to conceal a death. —Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025

The aquatic mammals, Hadsel says, are so intelligent and have such strong sensory organs that they can be taught to recover human remains. —Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025

The discovery helped open the door to more recent developments such as tinkering with the genetic makeup of living things, treating disease by inserting genes into patients, identifying human remains and criminal suspects from DNA samples, and tracing family trees and ancient human ancestors. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025

Resident Heather Lemcool claimed, per the outlet, that the human remains were in a box and plastic bag, rather than an urn. —Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for human remains

• abstains
• achenes
• alkanes
• attains
• biplanes
• bloodstains
• campaigns
• complains
• constrains
• contains
• detains
• disdains