Example Sentences

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Dozens of relatives and mourners gathered at Nasser Hospital, where the bodies of some of those killed were laid out in white shrouds.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Iranian state television released footage showing dozens of bodies in shrouds lined up inside and outside of a morgue near Tehran on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Rescuers could not find enough funeral shrouds for all the bodies.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

I heard a man in his yard explaining to his family, “Well, there’s cloud cover,” and looked up at the shrouds and puffs floating over the shrinking, glowing crescent.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024

Was I even supposed to bring the other clothes, or is she supposed to wear only burial shrouds?

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse