Example Sentences

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Rühli says he believes this could have inspired ancient Egyptians to start mummifying their honored dead.

From National Geographic • Aug. 7, 2023

That's the question my Food52 colleagues asked when they saw me mummifying avocado halves in plastic wrap to prepare them for life eternal in the freezer.

From Salon • May 15, 2021

Forget a quick splodge of face paint or mummifying yourself in loo roll - celebrities always bring their costume A-game for Halloween.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2019

Logically I know, of course, that such power is a fantasy, just as the necrologists of ancient Egypt surely suspected, from time to time, that the artifice of their mummifying efforts was ultimately for naught.

From Slate • Sep. 28, 2018

“We’re collecting materials for our Great Tomb Project. We’d like to keep our things here until we need them. We’re mummifying someone this week.”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina