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

They exchanged names in the sepulchral darkness and realized they had worked together.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2022

For example, Twain appeals to the sense of hearing when he describes “the leadsman’s sepulchral cry:—‘D-e-e-p four!’”

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Nothing can keep this year’s Thanksgiving from having a sepulchral tone for thousands of Americans.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2020

Darkness, the sepulchral silence down below, and the groan of hooves and steam-powered machinery from the levels far above.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros