dead march
Example Sentences
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For three and a half hours no character walks faster than a dead march or speaks faster than five words a minute.
From Time Magazine Archive
There he was draped with black crepe and, while the crowd stood silent and a band began a dead march, the gelding walked slowly around the full circuit of the track.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a dead march nothing like it had ever been attempted before.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do not expect the little feet to keep step to a dead march.
From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
After marching in column through intervening woods, with bands playing the dead march, we entered an extensive field.
From The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson by Moore, Edward A.
