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How to use rigor mortis in a sentence

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When they brought the bodies up, rigor mortis had set in on one women's body so strongly that they couldn't separate the mother from her child.
Everybody experiences gradual muscular rigor mortis, where over time you become stiffer and stiffer and stiffer.
He tries to slide the ring off his mother's finger, but rigor mortis has set in.
I tried to remove a newspaper from his hand, but rigor mortis had practically grafted it to his skin.
The nursing staff called to respond to the incident noted that there was already significant rigor mortis when they arrived on the scene.
It was noted that the body showed rigor mortis and lividity in the extremities at the time the emergency response was initiated.
These transformations include an initial phase of rigor mortis, and a subsequent maturation phase of highly variable length.
Particular attention must be paid to temperature control especially before rigor mortis sets in.
In 1991, kissable Johnny was found in a New Orleans hotel with a horrible case of rigor mortis.
The remaining differences are probably due to a general tumefaction of the face and to rigor mortis.
And if it's in there a long period of time, by our material, it dies and goes into rigor mortis.
Mr. John Cummins: As you and I both know, if you leave a net in the water for over two hours, rigor mortis will set in.
And oftentimes, later on the photo, faces reveal themselves as though in rigor mortis or as a kind of death mask on paper.
He wanted to shout, move, struggle, but his body remained frozen in rigor mortis.
After death, bodies are rubbed and anointed to remove rigor mortis.
I bedded down for this debate, Scotch in hand, expecting to be bored five ways to rigor mortis.
Cold shortening can be avoided by electrostimulation up to 1 hour post mortem or by raising the temperature to above 12°C before rigor mortis sets in.
Carcass disposal should not be allowed until rigor mortis occurs.
Shots of stains, spills and rigor mortis follow.
In the village if someone died at home they immediately tied a handkerchief around his chin so that his mouth stayed closed when the rigor mortis set in.
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Though the rigor mortis had not set in, he had evidently been dead some time.
The intense pallor of his face, the set eyes, the stiffened limbs, spoke of the rigor mortis and the finality of tragedy.
They are in a state of extreme contraction, far exceeding the usual rigor mortis.
The flesh had become cold and rigor mortis was beginning to set in.
The tissues then become tough and hard, a condition known as rigor mortis.
This odorous secondhand garment tattered and ragged, dipped in blood, drenched in brethren's woes and rigor mortis.
Just a little bit of rigor mortis but I think I've shaken it off now.
His muscles were set as hard as a board in the most exaggerated rigor mortis, while the contraction of the fibres had drawn his mouth into a hard sardonic grin.
It's a waltzy thing so I can bring out the rigor mortis again.
Rigor mortis occurs because oxygen is no longer entering the cells for respiration.
Scaccia was performing at the Rail Club in Fort Worth, Texas, for Rigor Mortis lead singer Bruce Corbitt's 50th birthday when he collapsed.
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