deathlike
Example Sentences
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But the biggest draw might be the deathlike stench when they open.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
If you know anything about Burton’s movies, you know that they tend to feature characters who embody all the qualities of a sickly Victorian-era child: waifish, sunken doe-eye and gaunt faces with a deathlike pallor.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2024
His hair is soaked and sticking to his scalp, a sparse stubble accentuates the deathlike pallor of his face, his eyes are closed, and his darkened lips are half parted.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2020
A woman lies on a tomb in a deathlike slumber, rose petals scattered all around.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2016
Many creatures sensed the approach of the slithering evil, or scented its dry, musty, deathlike odor.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
