How to Use carcass in a Sentence

carcass

noun
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  • The grasses were fairly quick to bounce back in plots where only a single hog carcass had been left.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2020
  • This dog-size weasel, which grows to about 30 pounds, has daggerlike claws and jaws strong enough to tear apart a frozen moose carcass.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Within hours, the nonprofit wildlife refuge sent team members to retrieve the carcass.
    — Talal Ansari, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The emaciated pup was covered in wounds, had severe mange and was eating the carcass of a dead dog to stay alive.
    — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Dave had encountered plenty of carcasses while living on the ranch, but this one unnerved him.
    — Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2020
  • This may suggest that the carcass wasn’t just a point of interest, but something of value — something to guard.
    — Jason Bittel, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Some connections are obvious: Salmon run up rivers and creeks to spawn, then die, and the bears gorge on their carcasses.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The carcasses of animals litter the shoulders of the roads that run across the island’s rugged landscape.
    — oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Wolves howled back, Ferrell said, and the officers through binoculars spotted at least six about two miles from the carcass.
    — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Although the plant, commonly known as five-horn smotherweed, is an annual, its spindly carcasses persist for years.
    — Louis Sahagunstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2020
  • The unregulated industry left carcasses to rot on the beaches.
    — Lucy Jakub, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Or why the elephants continued to interact with her body even after rangers had removed the tusks to secure them from poachers, or after scavengers had reduced the carcass to skin and bones.
    — Jason Bittel, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Law enforcement is asking for the public's help in determining who left four, mangled deer carcasses on a Madison County road.
    — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Dowdle is a fringe RB2, especially if the carcass of Ezekiel Elliott is stealing goal-line carries.
    — Jake Ciely, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The carcass, studied by whale scientists and members of the local Māori community, yielded precious clues about the deep-sea-diving animal.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
  • After an outbreak in 2001, British farmers were forced to kill some six million sheep, cattle, and pigs, burying their carcasses in mass graves or burning them in pyres.
    — Elisabeth Eaves, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • Join 3 others in the comments View Comments With each slice and turn of the whale carcass, more clues emerge.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In the stockpot, combine the turkey carcass, celery, carrot, onion, bay leaf and peppercorns.
    — Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024

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