mummify

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Recent Examples of mummify At the beginning of that play, her character has spent a decade as a sort of half widow; her husband, who had disappeared ten years earlier, has finally been found, mummified in a peat bog. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024 Also in 2020, researchers described the discovery of a 57,000-year-old wolf pup that had been mummified in permafrost in Canada’s Yukon territory. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024 Those costly and time-consuming techniques go against the notion that the woman was intentionally mummified quickly and cheaply. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024 Found in a wooden coffin, the elderly woman dressed in a black wig and gold and silver scarab rings had been mummified with nothing short of a look of horror on her face. New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mummify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummify
Verb
  • That count morphed to more than 300 million monthly users by 2016, but had shriveled to 36 million in 2023, Microsoft said.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This method results in a large percentage of the water in the grapes to be lost, resulting in these dehydrated berries shriveling, often to the size of raisins.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The budge-proof formula sets quickly, so get blending straight away to ensure the formula dries down to your liking.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 7 Mar. 2025
  • There’s always an element of chemistry to consider; tannins, which are compounds in wine present in grape seeds, grape skins, and oak barrels, offer a drying or astringent quality on the tongue and gums.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • From a position of dominance, Newcastle wilted, ceding the initiative and inviting pressure.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Add 1 ounce of citrus sauce, stirring until the greens are slightly wilted.
    Peter Burke, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • O'Neal explained that her confidence in her acting ability began to wither under Ryan's blistering criticism.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Death is rarely physically dignified, and visibly withering from old age in front of the entire world is perhaps one of the heaviest crosses a pope must bear.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Mummify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummify. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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