mummify
verb (used with object)
to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
mummified
Example Sentences
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Among City Hall’s problems has been a mummified tolerance of arthritic leadership and the rusted machinery of basic services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Painted on wood, it was attached to his mummified body, a reminder that magic didn’t always have the power to work miracles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
A mummified male head, right foot and a right hand recovered from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor were also taken out of public view.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The complete mummified male dog was determined to be at least 1,200 years old, making it the oldest radiocarbon-dated specimen recovered from Castillo de Huarmey so far.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
The corpse was mummified by the cold, and this time the lawmen had no trouble identifying the victim: Henry Roan, a forty-year-old Osage Indian who was married with two children.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
