dead march

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As a dead march nothing like it had ever been attempted before.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

Hamlet," Fortinbras says: "Go bid the soldiers shoot," and the stage direction runs: "A dead march.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton