body bags

Definition of body bagsnext
plural of body bag

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bags
Noun
  • Some coffins had multiple occupants, while others contained only a head or nothing at all.
    Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Bulldozers opened a large pit into which individual graves were dug for the 60 coffins.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Light rain fell as ambulances lined up outside the cemetery and began unloading dozens of plain wooden caskets.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Light rain fell as ambulances lined up outside the cemetery and began unloading dozens of plain wooden caskets.
    Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Kane County Health Department has partnered with community organizations to install publicly accessible naloxone dispensing boxes, making the life-saving medication easier to obtain quickly and discreetly.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Archaeologists have so far only unpacked about 300 boxes.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The boundaries of the necropolis are not clearly defined, scientists said, noting modern planting pits, ditches and agricultural work have obliterated several tombs.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • An intimate doc-feature take on renowned Panamanian anthropologist Reina Torres de Araúz (1932-82), who battled the plundering of artifacts from pre-1492 tombs, told from th POV of a soon who lost her mother too soon.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Body bags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bags. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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