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

Workers discovered a grave containing human remains beneath tiles after part of the floor of St Peter and Paul Church subsided in February, triggering a race to identify the skeleton through DNA testing. —Reuters, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026

Officials in northern Minnesota say an eroding cemetery along Lake Superior is leaving human remains exposed near a major tourist destination. —Wcco Staff, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026

That led Traynham to the North Carolina Troopers’ Association, where a successful interview kicked off two years of training in human remains detection. —Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2026

In scenarios where a director uses AI for post-production tasks like background modification or audio cleaning, the human remains the primary author. —Marcus Lim, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for human remains

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