Corpses

Examples

• Two of the corpses appeared to have been partially devoured as though by wolves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• And 'ere's Jimson and Bildge, cried Gurt, from a distance, where he had discovered two corpses. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Sab Than lay dead beside his father, and the corpses of the flower of Zodangan nobility and chivalry covered the floor of the bloody shambles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The beasts tore the victims limb from limb and made poor mangled corpses of them in the twinkling of an eye. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It stinks of the offal you feed on, you scavenger dog, you eater of corpses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He sent me to look for your corpses, but I suppose he will be rather astonished when he finds you can still use your own legs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The other, however, dealt a single blow with his cruel tail that laid both of the females crushed corpses upon the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• They more resemble corpses than living beings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Already the gay dance vanished, the green sward was strewn with corpses, the blue air above became fetid with deathly exhalations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Two were corpses, one had barely escaped the jaws of death, another was sick and a widow. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• See, in the mangled corpses of the last remains of the tribe, how effectually we have afforded it to them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A many, many, beautiful corpses she laid out, as nice and neat as waxwork. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• On the following morning it was seen that one of the corpses had been partially devoured. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Editor: Vicky