deathly
Example Sentences
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Lawren Babek had three cats when she went on a first date in 2008 with a man who said he was deathly allergic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
The atmosphere among those who came to mourn the tragedy was deathly quiet.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
As he struggled with a system, which aimed to preserve secrecy and deepen separation, he didn’t know about a deathly further dimension to the institutional inhumanity.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
It is a game involving the hottest league in America, yet the atmosphere on Figueroa is deathly cold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
Determined that he should stir from this deathly posture, this fatal repose, I filled the spoon again, and held it before him as a command.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
