Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummies
Noun
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On the Halloween after the crash, Shirilla and her friends dressed as corpses.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
28 May 2026 -
One union was sealed by Satanic rite, alongside a pit of corpses.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Once considered delightfully kitschy relics of suburban Americana, porch geese are waddling their way back into the spotlight.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
29 May 2026
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The 700-year-old circular Bellver Castle is an architectural gem, briefly used as royal residence, mostly as a ghastly political and military prison over six centuries, and now a museum of Roman and other relics.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Noun
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More than a dozen city, county and state agencies worked together, deploying drones, using dummies as cadavers, and taking on the roles of victims, triage and others to make the drill as realistic as possible.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Wild animal carcasses have also been found in contaminated rivers and creeks.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Investigators claim Maguire frequently used a crossbow to shoot the animals from his vehicle before removing only the heads and leaving the carcasses behind.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
Noun
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About four months after leaving office, in May 2025, he was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.—
Darlene Superville,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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For many people, lighter bones might not be an issue.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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“Mummies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummies. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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