Sentence examples for a dead mouse from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a dead mouse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing an actual dead mouse, or metaphorically to describe something that is no longer functioning or relevant.
Example: "While cleaning the attic, I found a dead mouse that had been hidden away for years."
Alternatives: "a lifeless mouse" or "a deceased mouse".

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Even a dead mouse didn't distract me".

"It was a dead mouse," he said.

That night, he hears one go off, and finds a dead mouse, its mouth gruesomely open.

I had to trust she hadn't picked up a dead mouse by mistake.

Under the second A24, there was a dead mouse; under the third and fourth, nothing.

There's a dead mouse somewhere under the house, making its presence known.

BERLIN — He had received threatening letters, even a dead mouse in a package.

She weeps if she sees a dead mouse; at meals, she never lets crumbs fall on her bosom.

"There was a dead mouse in the living room, and normally I'd be the person to handle it," he said.

They bury a dead mouse or bird then feed themselves and their larvae with the decaying carcass.

But I didn't even want to take a dead mouse out of a trap when I was home.

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