deathly
Example Sentences
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While deathly ill in 1373, a devout 30-year-old English mystic known as Julian of Norwich had a series of 16 visions of the divine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
As he struggled with a system, which aimed to preserve secrecy and deepen separation, he didn’t know about a deathly further dimension to the institutional inhumanity.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
His father was still deathly ill, lying down in the larger canoe that followed him.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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