Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bags
Noun
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They were given 45 minutes to get as many coffins into graves as possible.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Officials stood quietly as Swiss police pallbearers carried the coffins through a line of firefighters and soldiers to an Italian air force C-130 cargo plane.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Archeological studies have suggested that cliff-face and cave-based burials here may stretch back as far as 2,000 years, though these old caskets no longer exist on their elevated resting spots.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Dec. 2025
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The remains of Torres-Tovar and Howard arrived at the Dover Air Force Base in transfer caskets draped with the American flag, after being carried off a C-17 military aircraft.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Dec. 2025
Noun
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All of her outdoor lighting is fireproof with steel boxes.—
Rick Montanez,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The building was packed from floor to ceiling with boxes and junk, and smelled strongly of cat urine.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Only two similar tombs had been identified in Poland since the 1930s, making these the third and fourth known examples in nearly a century.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Dec. 2025
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The ease of access, without needing to join a wait for one of the bridges that span the Nile only sporadically here, creates unforgettable opportunities, like the chance to be the first person to walk into the valley, home to dozens of royal tombs, just after sunrise.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Body bags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bags. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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