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

Failing to turn friendship with an aristocratic young woman into something more, a despondent Guy wills himself into a deathlike sleep, eventually awakening in a seemingly idyllic socialist future.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021

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

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 deathlike silence now hung over both sides of the vast camp.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom