Sentence examples for skulls from inspiring English sources

Long after phrenology was widely discredited, Aboriginal skulls were still sought and displayed with the same benign sentiment that one might attach to animal remains.

That added another layer of pathos, which made me even more keen to dignify these last two commercial skulls".

We trundle through a forest trail peppered with ripe blueberries, remnants of farming equipment from the days of export, and cow skulls nailed to trees.

Part of the wall gave way to reveal coffins, many decorated with skulls, stacked from floor to ceiling.

At his death in 1937, well over 100 human skulls were found in his home.

Next to Kamerić's mortuary fridge are two skulls and two bronze heads showing what these people would have looked like, made by the artist Christine Borland with the help of a forensic anthropologist and facial reconstruction expert.

Among other things, the select committee confirmed the reality of Walker's accounts of gross and gruesome scenes in churchyards and vaults: I have seen them play at what is called skittles; put up bones and take skulls and knocked them down; stick up bones in the ground and throw a skull at them as you would a skittle-ball.

The remains included tongues, skin, male genitals and organs, as well as full skeletons, skulls and limb bones.

Some of the anthropologists, attracted to phrenology, asked for skulls, while others wanted skin with elaborate tribal markings.

Later, when the company was winding down its offering of natural bones – plastics were becoming more widespread, and the Human Tissue Act would make it illegal to trade in human remains – Borland asked them to tell her when they were down to their last male and female skulls, and she would buy them.

Bullet-riddled bodies and skulls smashed into grotesque shapes line country roads.