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
It’s no surprise that many Latinos are obsessed with all things haunted, deathly and Halloween.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 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
But unlike Helene, the Commandant exudes a deathly chill, as if her gray eyes and cut-glass features were carved from the underbelly of a glacier.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
