Example Sentences
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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
An AFP correspondent in Spin Boldak said they saw hundreds of people attending funerals on Thursday, including for children whose bodies were wrapped in white shrouds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
The production design by Tamara Deverell is superb as are the costumes by Kate Hawley, who shrouds Goth in dramatic chiffon layers and dresses laced to highlight her vertebrae.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
They are very graphic and show bodies lined up in the courtyard of a mosque, covered with shrouds and blankets.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
When the sun came out, icicles fell from the shrouds and shattered like glass on the decks below.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
