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  • adverb in a sepulchral manner

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Examples

  • Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and meles, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.

    SHIN-BONES 2010

  • “Hiiiiiiiiiiii, Laura,” said Lulu, as thin and sepulchrally pale as ever.

    A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006

  • “Hiiiiiiiiiiii, Laura,” said Lulu, as thin and sepulchrally pale as ever.

    A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006

  • “Hiiiiiiiiiiii, Laura,” said Lulu, as thin and sepulchrally pale as ever.

    A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006

  • ‘Did it overtake you, or did you overtake it?’ whispered Hannah sepulchrally.

    Two on a Tower 2006

  • 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.

    Not With a Bang but a Whimper 2005

  • 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

  • The Jewish elders stared sepulchrally at the wilderness of open hatches and rude passageways, as though they were prophesying death.

    Our Mr. Wrenn 2004

  • When they reached home, black as crows in their stiff, heavy mourning, the house itself, sepulchrally dark, sepulchrally silent, felt like a tomb.

    Two Tales of Old Strasbourg 2003

  • She lowered her voice sepulchrally, and Rome laughed.

    Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001

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