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- adverb in a
sepulchral manner
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Examples
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Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and meles, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
SHIN-BONES 2010
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“Hiiiiiiiiiiii, Laura,” said Lulu, as thin and sepulchrally pale as ever.
A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006
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“Hiiiiiiiiiiii, Laura,” said Lulu, as thin and sepulchrally pale as ever.
A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006
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“Hiiiiiiiiiiii, Laura,” said Lulu, as thin and sepulchrally pale as ever.
A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006
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‘Did it overtake you, or did you overtake it?’ whispered Hannah sepulchrally.
Two on a Tower 2006
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Indeed: Since I'd created a brand-new avatar, I was teleported to "Arwic North Outpost," a newbie area that was gorgeous -- Asheron's Call 2 is a visual treat -- but sepulchrally quiet.
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It was curious to see him lying in the parlour of this alien residence, candles at his head and feet, burning sepulchrally, a silver cross upon his breast, caressed by his waxen fingers.
Jennie Gerhardt 2004
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The Jewish elders stared sepulchrally at the wilderness of open hatches and rude passageways, as though they were prophesying death.
Our Mr. Wrenn 2004
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When they reached home, black as crows in their stiff, heavy mourning, the house itself, sepulchrally dark, sepulchrally silent, felt like a tomb.
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She lowered her voice sepulchrally, and Rome laughed.
Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001
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