sepulchral

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

The band’s music, which at times bordered on the sepulchral, required lyrics that soared along with it.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Illuminated only by ambient light from windows and a skylight, “Half-Life” appears both glamorous and sepulchral.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

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

She pictured them together, in dark sepulchral rooms with heavy velvet drapes, discussing theology.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy