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Recent Examples of corpses
The character was loosely inspired by Ed Gein, a real serial killer and grave robber from Wisconsin who dug up corpses and used their bones and skin to make everything from clothing to furniture and even silverware.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
And the mass graves of corpses evicted from San Francisco cemeteries a century ago.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Qing Yuan had seen many of these tiny corpses, pinkish, yellowish, tin-gray, curled up, always seemingly asleep, tossed by janitors into fires outside the building.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The corpses of deceased civilians litter the streets as blood pools — beheadings, dismemberments and bodies exploded into liquid flesh — while buildings and other structures collapse.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Rasoulof couldn’t be more blunt about the fact that success within Iran’s imposing bureaucracy means crushing other people, and sometimes walking over their corpses.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Fear challenged that faith as the family walked past more corpses and burned-out houses.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Clearly, their architectural features confound the birds, turning the buildings into death traps where volunteers find corpses again and again.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Shelley’s story of a scientist who creates a sentient creature out of body parts cobbled together from various corpses was tailor-made for the screen — in fact, it had already been filmed at least three times.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
And the mass graves of corpses evicted from San Francisco cemeteries a century ago.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Qing Yuan had seen many of these tiny corpses, pinkish, yellowish, tin-gray, curled up, always seemingly asleep, tossed by janitors into fires outside the building.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The corpses of deceased civilians litter the streets as blood pools — beheadings, dismemberments and bodies exploded into liquid flesh — while buildings and other structures collapse.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Rasoulof couldn’t be more blunt about the fact that success within Iran’s imposing bureaucracy means crushing other people, and sometimes walking over their corpses.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Fear challenged that faith as the family walked past more corpses and burned-out houses.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Clearly, their architectural features confound the birds, turning the buildings into death traps where volunteers find corpses again and again.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Shelley’s story of a scientist who creates a sentient creature out of body parts cobbled together from various corpses was tailor-made for the screen — in fact, it had already been filmed at least three times.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
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Leap has an uncanny ability to find bones and carcasses anywhere and then parade them in front of her friends.—
Abigail Wise,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Do not even think of bringing home any carcasses.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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