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Meanings of sepulchral in English

Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead.

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Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial.

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Examples for "funereal"
Examples for "funereal"
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The whistling of the wind through the rigging sounded like funereal wailings.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
2
But the pace was too funereal for the advocates of the goose-step.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
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The large, shadowy space carried a slight funereal scent of decaying lilies.
French pressed
4
The funereal sky is reluctant to let any light penetrate the grey.
The Irish Times
5
SFMOMA's exhibit space is being specially adapted to effect a funereal air.
Wired

Grave.

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Usage of sepulchral in English
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At length in a low sepulchral voice She pronounced the following words:
The Monk: A Romance
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And she made the remark in an almost sepulchral tone of warning.
A Fair Barbarian
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When I did I found the house dark and the silence sepulchral.
Agatha Webb
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The rest of his sepulchral performances hardly deserve the notice of criticism.
Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
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Such was the fate of the seven occupants of this sepulchral chamber.
Pagan and Christian Rome
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For long moments no sound broke the sepulchral silence of the cave.
The People That Time Forgot
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The cliffs opposite the ancient Egyptian capitals are honeycombed with sepulchral cells.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
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But his voice dropped to the sepulchral and confidential, as he said:
Football Days / Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the B...
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Of these, the most interesting are the sepulchral tablets, which are literally
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
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He is more angry than before, he announced in a sepulchral voice.
The Black Phantom
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He knocked on it, but a sepulchral echo was the only answer.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales
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Here began a series of highly ornamental public edifices and sepulchral monuments.
Byeways in Palestine
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This period was also distinguished for its splendid sepulchral and other monuments.
Mosaics of Grecian History
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Alabaster was often used for sepulchral monuments instead of metal or stone.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
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He knocked at the imposing door, and a sepulchral gong sounded within.
For Love Of Evil
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And she carries a candle, he added, in his most sepulchral tone.
Hellfire
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