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
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
A woman lies on a tomb in a deathlike slumber, rose petals scattered all around.
From The Guardian • May 9, 2016
Many creatures sensed the approach of the slithering evil, or scented its dry, musty, deathlike odor.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
