funereal

Example Sentences

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Still, more venues are restricting phone use to ensure that the atmosphere is festive, not funereal.

From The Wall Street Journal

You can futz with the bread, you can gild the cheese, but if the core is bland or watery or vaguely funereal, the whole enterprise collapses.

From Salon

These, however, also feel funereal, like death masks taken after a long-suffering friend has been freed finally from corporeal struggles.

From The Wall Street Journal

The infamous “waxworks” scene captures silent-era figures like Buster Keaton playing cards, their faces pure funereal alabaster.

From Los Angeles Times

The musicians wore white, flower-print jackets and black shirts as they played funereal tunes.

From Los Angeles Times