death mask
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of death mask
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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His death mask is held at Moyse Hall and Norwich Castle.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
“She had the death mask of her mother.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023
As a Fulbright Scholar, Dawn M. Hunter spent weeks at the Cajal Legacy exhibit, a collection of Santiago Ramn y Cajal’s original works, personal items and death mask at the Cajal Institute in Spain.
From Scientific American • Aug. 26, 2022
By 2011, Dr. Abbott had spent years looking into the case, and he said the police let him take about 50 hairs from the death mask for analysis.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2022
She couldn’t see it on his face, which was like a death mask: grim and lifeless with hollows for eyes.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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