funereal

Example Sentences

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Unsure why, he walked into a funereal atmosphere.

From BBC

The Wakandans wear funereal white, which is traditional in West African cultures.

From Los Angeles Times

The New York Times, reviewing the film, concluded that Munson’s figure was “systematically and thoroughly exploited” on behalf of “a bad and extraordinarily funereal looking poet.”

From New York Times

“There’s plenty of that. I wanted to do something a little more avant, heavier, more bleak, really funereal. Something that sounded like molasses or magma.”

From Washington Post

The director Catherine Marnas relies on the account Barbin left of their life to recreate the events that led to their death by suicide, in 1969, in a funereal yet often compelling production.

From New York Times