deathful

Example Sentences

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The listening traveller   Starts fear-struck, while the hollow echoing vaults   Of pyramids increase the deathful sounds.

From English Poets of the Eighteenth Century by Bernbaum, Ernest

Suddenly a cannon thundered royally, and down the narrow street rushed a deathful defiance, carrying disorder and dismay to the assailants, joy and wonder to the nearly exhausted defenders.

From Moods by Alcott, Louisa May

From the union of Space and Time springs a child, Orc, hereafter the deliverer, whom the father and mother chain with the chain of jealousy below the deathful shadow of Urizen.

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene

End this dread and deathful battle if thy stony heart can grieve, Save the chieftains doomed to slaughter, bid the fated nations live!

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh

Thy deathful bow against some deer-herd bent, Sacred to Dian?

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John