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

A woman lies on a tomb in a deathlike slumber, rose petals scattered all around.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2016

In the third canvas, she is gone and he lies in deathlike repose, eyes closed and hands clasped over his belt.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2011

Many creatures sensed the approach of the slithering evil, or scented its dry, musty, deathlike odor.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques