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

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

A shadowy mist of cymbal rises off long, sepulchral tones down in the basses and contrabassoon, before a keening fragment of bassoon pierces the quiet with melancholy song.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

“Snuffbox,” said Jo, in a sepulchral tone, which convulsed the audience.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott