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Meanings of embalm (embalming) in English

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Usage of embalming in English
1
What we do have, though, are signs of the embalming work done.'
Blood harvest
2
Look, just get him to the upstairs embalming room and inject him.
Damaged
3
Shadow noticed a small microphone-dangling above the embalming table by its cord.
American Gods
4
But he will remain as he is after embalming for all eternity.
Poor Relations
5
The funeral director turned and ran out of the tiny embalming room.
Damaged
6
Kenyerber's spine and rib cage protruded as the embalming chemicals were injected.
The Irish Times
7
He simply removed his suit jacket and began the embalming process.
The Guardian
8
There were, inevitably, later Soviet candidates for the same embalming process.
The Irish Times
9
The bodies of the kings of the Virginia Indians were preserved by embalming.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
10
The embalming would be finished by now and everyone would have gone home.
Flesh and blood
11
There wasn't much embalming done in those days and the traveling was slow.
Way Station
12
The first idea didn't involve embalming at all, but deep freezing.
The Guardian
13
This puzzled Cosette, because of the odor of embalming which proceeded from it.
Les Misérables
14
To engage Tomkins to have every thing ready for the opening and embalming.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9
15
Dressing and embalming tables had been snugged to the north wall.
Spider bones: a novel
16
It would be much better than consoling the bereaved and embalming the deceased.
Guns will keep us together
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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