sepulchral

Example Sentences

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It opens without the sepulchral bells and pounding drums that introduced the original.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

There isn’t much to say about Nardelli’s sepulchral comments, other than that he has a hell of a nerve.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Illuminated only by ambient light from windows and a skylight, “Half-Life” appears both glamorous and sepulchral.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

At 75, Iggy Pop would be fully entitled to continue the kind of cranky, sepulchral, jazz-tinged musings he offered on his 2019 album, “Free.”

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

“Your face, Flora Belle, is particularly beautiful. Even the sepulchral gloom of this hallway cannot dim your loveliness.”

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo