deathlike

Example Sentences

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I think that part of what drove theater attendance this summer was a subconscious attraction to the deathlike repetition of timeless dreamworlds, whether underwater or plastered in pink.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

Inside the field hospital at Azovstal, the wounded soldiers looked pale and deathlike.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2022

In the US, one writer observed: “The very face of nature seemed to be shrouded in a deathlike gloom.”

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2021

Dr. Janov had practiced psychology for nearly two decades when, during a session, a young patient emitted what Dr. Janov described as a “piercing, deathlike scream.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2017

Many creatures sensed the approach of the slithering evil, or scented its dry, musty, deathlike odor.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques