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sepulchral

[suh-puhl-kruhl] / səˈpʌl krəl /


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It opens without the sepulchral bells and pounding drums that introduced the original.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2024

There isn’t much to say about Nardelli’s sepulchral comments, other than that he has a hell of a nerve.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2023

They exchanged names in the sepulchral darkness and realized they had worked together.

From Washington Post Sep. 5, 2022

For example, Twain appeals to the sense of hearing when he describes “the leadsman’s sepulchral cry:—‘D-e-e-p four!’”

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

The faces in the pews around me were waxen with candlelight, and pine boughs, left over from Christmas, sent up a sepulchral incense in the cold air.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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