How to Use mummy in a Sentence

mummy

noun

• Next to her, in a small wooden box, is the mummy of a child.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2021
• Set them up, and see who can knock down the most mummies.
  — Heather Jeffcoat, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• The threshold of the future will be swept free of mummies!
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
• Its traces were found in the 3,000-year-old mummy of Pharaoh Ramses V of Egypt.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2020
• Let cool for 5 minutes; place pecans like eyes on the mummy.
  — Allene Arnold, al, 29 Oct. 2019
• The next day, the Queen's daughter Anne visits her mummy.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022
• But the head coach wore a mask up to his eyes, looking like a Halloween mummy.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2020
• But for eight long years, the galleries have been as still as the ancient mummies wrapped up in linen.
  — Anthony Sattin, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2019
• Ancient Egyptians used to wear linen as a sign of high class and even wrapped mummies in it.
  — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2023
• The mummies have been part of Mexican culture since the 1860s.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
• Anubis was also known as the guardian of the dead, so mummies were buried with amulets adorned with a jackal.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
• Images of scarabs were believed to bring good fortune, in this world and the next, if sewn in to the wrappings of your mummy.
  — National Geographic, 13 Mar. 2019
• Scientists know that there’s more than one way to make a mummy.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022
• This could also go part way to explaining why the mummy as encased in a tomb with the priest's name.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
• Try making up a batch of these fun, easy pizza mummies!
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 27 July 2023
• The pic featured Kim in a strange mummy-like white dress with no sleeves to speak of and sported her then-blonde hair in a braided style.
  — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 3 Mar. 2020
• The downside to mummy’s is that a lot of folks feel too restricted inside one.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Apr. 2020
• The mummy thus opens up new pathways into the study of perinatal health in the ancient world.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2021
• Like a beef mummy, without the gauze wrap or the murderous thirst for revenge.
  — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• These mummies were all part of Egypt’s 1 percent, after all.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2020
• The wooden coffin is the largest of the three concentric coffins inside which King Tut’s mummy was found.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2019
• Much of the evidence for this assertion comes from CT scans of his mummy.
  — Bob Brier, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
• Jeff spent weeks in a hospital bound like a mummy with bandages.
  — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
• People around the world were concerned that opening the tomb would set off an ancient mummy curse, but things are fine ... for now.
  — Jennie Neufeld, Vox, 21 July 2018
• And lice like those found in American mummies can also be a source of ancient DNA.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
• Designs include a witch, a pumpkin, a vampire, a mummy and a smiling ghosts, all of which are more fun than scary.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2020
• Proud of mummy x 10 years and what an amazing way to celebrate in London ?? ..
  — Isabel Greenberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Sep. 2018
• In addition to the tsantsa, the Pitt Rivers moved a group of Naga trophy heads and the mummy of an Egyptian child into storage.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2020
• At one point, a fire broke out, burning the mummies and other ancient artifacts.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• The collection, one of the largest in the world, includes mummies, skulls, teeth and other body parts, representing an unknown number of people.
  — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024