How to Use dismember in a Sentence

dismember

verb
  • The victims' bodies had been dismembered and buried in the basement.
  • The cartel had cut his throat and dismembered him.
    — Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • His body was dismembered, with his head and hands removed and placed near his legs.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
  • He was not charged with dismembering her body.
    — Mason Leath, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • When one is found dismembered, the parents of the other two fear the worst.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 May 2025
  • The body had not been dismembered and was found hidden under the bed, cops said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • At the same time, much of its history is gone, or dismembered.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Tis the season to be dismembered.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2025
  • They’re not believed to have killed the teen, but may have helped dismember her remains.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There's no one that winds up dismembered in the woods that's not a — a victim of homicide.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Newton was 25 when he was killed and dismembered.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • He had been dismembered with his genitals and eight of his toes cut off, with seven near his body.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • The children were attacked and dismembered in the belief that their body parts will bring wealth.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2017
  • In the first camp, evidence showed that at least two mammoths had been dismembered.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Fielder told the police God told her to kill, dismember and throw her son in the garbage.
    — Veronica Hilbring, Essence.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Victims were sometimes shot on site or bludgeoned to death and dismembered.
    — arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • But his brother, Seth, god of chaos, dismembered his body and scattered its pieces.
    — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Here, the fight ended when Chase’s son shot him, then dismembered his body, police said.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • One of the roast pigs was presented to the Queen and swiftly dismembered with a knife.
    — Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2024
  • The little bombs have dismembered at least one soldier and caused hearing loss in others.
    — Aaron Rowe, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2010
  • Then the gator started to roll, a common predatory move meant to dismember prey.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2021
  • When a prisoner died, they were either buried in unmarked graves or dismembered and thrown to the sharks.
    — Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Sources said Echevarria was beaten and stabbed about a dozen times before the body was dismembered.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Later, his killers dismembered him, carving out his heart and throwing his body parts into a canyon.
    — Sydney Barragan, Daily News, 6 June 2026
  • The camera shows a flash of limbs, some dismembered, some still attached to writhing, screaming bodies.
    — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Her body was found dismembered more than 70 miles away from the group home she was reported missing from.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
  • Sometimes, a group of slaves will incite an all-out revolt and dismember the young in a gruesome game of tug-of-war.
    — Brendan Borrell, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2013
  • The girl had gone to fetch water in a nearby swamp when she was abducted, strangled and dismembered.
    — Tonny Onyulo, USA TODAY, 1 May 2017
  • He is also accused of dismembering her body.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The heroin didn't kill her, so another man broke her neck, dismembered her and buried her remains in the woods, court records say.
    — CBS News, 17 June 2024

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