How to Use death mask in a Sentence

death mask

noun
  • Well, the death mask of Hyrum was apparently dropped at some point.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In a corner, on a small table, stood a display case with Lenin’s death mask.
    — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Stalin’s death mask rests on a marble stand, like a beloved leader, lying in state.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 30 June 2019
  • First was a plaster death mask that had been made six months after the man died, during which time the face had flattened.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
  • When all the coffins had been removed, Carter saw the mummy wore an elaborate death mask.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Clad in black leather pants, smashing seemed second nature to this muscle man whose face was painted in a white death mask.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The first involves treating the House as a sort of architectural death mask.
    — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • During the night, two layers of plaster of Paris were placed on his face resulting in a death mask.
    — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
  • The Chases have only found one other death mask, which aren’t common at Maya sites.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
  • Wendy Goodman The death mask, made hours after Booth’s passing.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Sachs’s film is all the greater for not showing this, and for creating a personal work of mourning—not a death mask but a life one.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
  • King Tutankhamun's death mask, found resting on his mummified shoulders.
    — Laura Saravia, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Excavators also found a mosaic death mask made of jadeite, along with jewelry made from the same type of gemstone.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
  • Janette Edson extracted hairs embedded in the plaster death mask.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
  • From the macabre details (teddy bears, death masks, rosary chokers) to the streetwear-ready ensembles (dirty sneakers and glamorous overcoats), each of the looks was on theme.
    — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 31 May 2018
  • He is commemorated in a village museum displaying his death mask.
    — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The former may have been based on a death mask of its eponymous Florentine politician, but no livelier material object exists.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
  • The death mask was originally presented at the Cabildo, then moved to Gallier Hall.
    — Blake Pontchartrain, NOLA.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Among the objects available for viewing are the famous Aztec calendar sun stone and the striking jade death mask of ancient Mayan king Pakal the Great.
    — Nadine Daher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2020
  • The boy king’s once triumphant riches now appeared tragic, his death mask a memento mori not only for individuals but for civilizations, which, no matter how powerful, seemed destined to fall.
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Bars from one of Smith’s jail cells, his death mask, and the official document incorporating Nauvoo add touches of realism to a fantastic story.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Highlights include John Dillinger’s death mask and original gambling equipment from a Prohibition-era speakeasy, including roulette tables.
    — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Halim didn’t say when the death mask will be transferred, but the new Grand Egyptian Museum is scheduled to fully open to the public in early July after years of delays.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025
  • The face, eerily reminiscent of Egyptian death masks or the metal face shields used in WWI, serves as both a personal relic and a universal symbol of mourning.
    — Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • By the 1960s, the practice of dissolving another culture’s death masks on the off chance of finding a manuscript had been all but abandoned, as much for ethical reasons as for the lackluster results.
    — Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 13 May 2020
  • Archaeologists are working to reconstruct the jadeite death mask and perform DNA and isotope analysis on the skeletal material.
    — Kerry Breen july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
  • The town’s Stalin Museum has hardly changed since the Soviet era, presenting an airbrushed version of history — with an entire mausoleum-like room dedicated to Stalin’s death mask.
    — Washington Post, 30 May 2021
  • Showcasing more than 5,300 objects from the young king’s tomb, including his iconic death mask and glittering royal regalia, the new section of the vast museum here on the outskirts of Cairo is expected to draw millions of visitors every year.
    — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The show has its origins in Tussaud’s death masks of French royalty and victims of the French Revolution, including King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026
  • The 5,400,000-square-foot space is filled with 100,000 artifacts from across eras, including Tutankhamun’s gold death mask and an 83-ton statue of Ramses II.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 Jan. 2026

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