How to Use carcass in a Sentence

carcass

noun
  • Some of their bodies burned to ash in the carcass of scorched cars.
    Hollie McKay, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2020
  • At the base of the hills is an elk carcass, and somewhere in the trees above it, a small pack of wolves.
    Angela Owens, wsj.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • There's all kinds of things that want to eat a small dead carcass.
    Emily Schwing, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The whole carcass must be retrieved, not just the antlers or hide.
    Mead Gruver, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Once all the meat has fallen off the carcass, fish out the bones and start adding in your roux.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Place the carcasses and skin in a large saucepan or small pot.
    Sheri Castle, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The message is clear: if there’s a whale carcass in the area, best to stay out of the water.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 4 May 2022
  • And once that chicken is picked clean, the carcass is ready for stock.
    Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Get rid of the carcass, shallots and ginger, and stir in the barley.
    Andy Baraghani, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The carcass was burned to make sure the virus didn’t spread to any scavengers, Beckmen said.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2023
  • The sharks were six, eight and nine feet in length and were feeding on the carcass of a sea lion.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 July 2023
  • One of those crosses is wound with the carcass of a rattlesnake.
    Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 11 Dec. 2020
  • She was then filmed tearing chunks of the shark’s flesh off of its carcass with her teeth.
    Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • So, a garden, the beach, deer poop or a seal carcass all get the same treatment.
    Lisa D. Foster, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • The video concludes with the bear standing over the massive carcass of its kill.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The shredded carcass was stripped to a heap of battered steel and even the engine block was ripped from the car.
    Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2022
  • One carcass lay near the road, ringed by traps for the foxes that, like the frost, steal animals from the herd.
    Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In the mud, teeming with maggots, is the rotting carcass of a wild boar.
    Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Experts at the museum suspect the carcass was a fin whale based on the size.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Not only is the duck fat pure culinary gold, the carcass is nothing to sniff at.
    Hana Asbrink, Bon Appétit, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Jones and a relative made quick work of the carcass, breaking it down in hours.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • But for the rest of the carcass, here in Louisiana, people like to bone it out and grind it.
    Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • But these stinky carcasses send a massive pulse of food to scavengers in the soil.
    Celia Ford, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The group of birds was feeding on a deer carcass, according to Fauntleroy.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The carcass of a bear and other animals were found in the fire's area, Figura said.
    Megan Diskin, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Set to work with tagging and carcass transport regs in mind.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Stock: Take the turkey carcass, place in a large stock pot, and fill with water to cover.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Eagles had nearly picked the carcass clean by mid-June.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The Onion will have to wait a few more weeks to see whether a court will approve the satirical outlet’s bid to buy the carcass of Infowars, the site founded by right-wing conspiracy monger Alex Jones.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The carcasses will be sent to a health lab to be examined for human DNA and tested for diseases including rabies.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024

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