deathlike

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Deathlike silence reigned, broken only by murmurs of conversation from next door.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

The solemn hour, "when night and morning meet," Mysterious time, to superstition dear, And superstition's guides, now passes by; Deathlike in solitude.

From André by Moses, Montrose Jonas

Deathlike silence, broken only, as the phrase goes, by the ticking of the hall clock, and not a soul in sight.

From Of All Things by Benchley, Robert C.

Pond Street is the locality—the name is suggestive of stagnation and greenness—and here has been seen a terrible apparition, "A Tall Man with a Deathlike Face and Snowy Garments Reaching to his Feet."

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Deathlike the silence seemed, and unbroken, save by the herons Home to their roosts in the cedar-trees returning at sunset, Or by the owl, as he greeted the moon with demoniac laughter.

From Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study by Conover, W. F.