[
UK
/kˈɔːps/
]
[ US /ˈkɔɹps/ ]
[ US /ˈkɔɹps/ ]
NOUN
-
the dead body of a human being
the cadaver was intended for dissection
the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
How To Use corpse In A Sentence
- He identified the corpse as the criminal hunted after.
- Three hundred thousand corpses in sandy mass graves cry out that the war was just. Tragedy of Tony Blair
- The fact that many crustaceans, being omnivorous, may act as scavengers and eat the corpses of fellow aquatic creatures need not be a deterrent.
- They have no hope, merely a mindless shriek of hatred they believe might bring down destruction on all so they can scavage the corpses. Obama Discusses Wright Controversy In New Web Video
- +The Story+ of this ballad, simple in itself, introduces to us the elaborate question of the ‘lyke-wake,’ or the practice of watching through the night by the side of a corpse. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series
- My - dear - Count!" says I, astonished, and everyone stopped talking; the Queen looked pop-eyed, and even Albert left off prosing to the noble corpse beside him. Fiancée
- The word narwhal came from Norweigan and meant corpse whale. Novel Excerpt: World Fantasy | Goblin Mercantile Exchange
- He ignored Sir Ralph's corpse but lifted back the insignia over the hospitaller's and the canvas sheet which lay underneath.
- They likewise carefully watch the corpse by night and day till the time of interment, and conceive that the deil tinkles at the lykewake of those who felt in their dead-thraw the agonies and terrors of remorse. Notes
- Cassia Boccanera the _amorosa_ and avengeress who had flung herself into the Tiber with her brother Ercole and the corpse of her lover Flavio. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris