deathly

Example Sentences

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“A lot of people are deathly afraid of losing all their money,” Perkins told me, back at his Austin, Texas, compound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The atmosphere among those who came to mourn the tragedy was deathly quiet.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

He could have been totally fine, or he could have gotten deathly ill.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025

When Charlie Hopkins thinks back to the three years he spent in one of America's most famous prisons, he remembers the "deathly quiet" the most.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

On the rare occasions that they ventured out of their neighborhoods, mill hands were immediately recognizable by their deathly white pallor.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson