He afterwards remembered to the hour of his death, that when the hand of his sister, by which she supported herself on the pillion behind him, touched his own, it felt as wet and cold as sepulchral marble.
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Sepulchral
/səˈpʌlkɹəl/
Synonyms for "sepulchral" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(9 words)
burialburial actionburial actionsburial practicesburial-actionburial-action featuresburial-action protocolburial-action siteburial-ground site
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Related words (28)
Noun(5 words)
Verb(1 words)
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3 entriesdescriptive adjectivedescriptive wordtone word
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4 entriesdeathly moodfunereal chamberfunereal tonetomblike chamber
Collocations
6 entriessepulchral atmospheresepulchral chambersepulchral gloomsepulchral silencesepulchral tonesepulchral voice
Inflections
1 entriesmore sepultral
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2 entriesSample sentences
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He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on.
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Over and over I found myself visiting homes where the predominant feeling was sepulchral, dusty, and deserted […]
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As for your treatment of ME," concluded Uncle Tinfish, almost having another disaster to his vocal chords at the thought of it, "I wash my hands of you, sir - I renounce you - I " Uncle Tinfish's voice was suddenly lowered to a tone of sepulchral hollowness.
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