macabre
Example Sentences
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Though the latter has one of the best bridges of the year, its undeniably melancholic and macabre nature is what put it out of contention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
When that wish starts to come true, his life takes a turn for the macabre.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
I was in awe of the fact that in 40 years of reporting on the White House I never once, in my wildest and most macabre hallucinations, dreamed up anything like that event.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
A few miles from those macabre discoveries, soccer fans will pour into the volcano-shaped Akron Stadium, just outside Guadalajara, for the first of four World Cup matches that will be played there, beginning Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
And then he lay there as the danse macabre of the demons of fear that lived in his body began in earnest.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing macabre
100 SAT Words Beginning with "M"
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"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
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The Bluest Eye
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