How to Use carcass in a Sentence
carcass
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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 -
The carcass of a bear and other animals were found in the fire's area, Figura said.
— Megan Diskin, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2020 -
The engineers intended for the 8-ton carcass to be thrown into the ocean in pieces.
— Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020 -
Crew members at the Yakutat Airport cleared the bear carcass from the runway.
— CBS News, 16 Nov. 2020 -
Americans do a lot of weird things with their dressing, above and beyond calling it stuffing and serving it from the carcass of a dead bird.
— al, 17 Nov. 2020 -
Testing wasn’t recommended, and the carcass was disposed of.
— Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 4 Nov. 2020 -
Washington, however, is 60 feet high, while the whale carcass was just 45 feet—and made of rotting flesh, not stone.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Nov. 2020 -
An unusual whale carcass had washed ashore in Florence, just 60 miles west of Eugene and the nearest beach town.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Nov. 2020 -
Hiemstra said Penny's carcass was donated to a needy family.
— Erin Adler, Star Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020 -
Negative public attention – like images of rotting alewife carcasses on a beach – can also affect how people feel about an area.
— Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024 -
Officers seized the carcass along with a smartphone, crossbow, a crossbow bolt, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
— Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 17 Nov. 2020 -
Hunters were tasked with humanely killing the Burmese pythons and turning in the carcasses to any of the contest's three check stations in South Florida.
— CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024 -
Jack was a one-year-old chocolate Lab, rescued from a family that had tired of his energy, and who neglected to disclose his extreme desire to snuggle after rolling in a moose carcass.
— Outdoor Life, 17 Nov. 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 -
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
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