lay out corpse
Frequency: 3.51.2 per million words
to prepare a dead body to be seen before burial
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Examples (10)
- The undertaker will lay out the corpse for the family to view.
- It was customary to lay out the corpse in the parlor.
- They hired a professional to lay out the corpse properly.
- She helped lay out the corpse before the funeral service.
- The mortician prepared to lay out the corpse for the wake.
- In the past, family members would lay out the corpse themselves.
- He didn't know how to lay out a corpse correctly.
- The women gathered to wash and lay out the corpse.
- After the autopsy, they had to lay out the corpse again.
- The instructions described how to lay out the corpse with dignity.