sepulchral

[US]/sɪ'pʌlkr(ə)l/
[UK]/sə'pʌlkrəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. gloomy and dismal, relating to tombs or burials

Phrases & Collocations

sepulchral silence

sepulchral voice

Example Sentences

a speech delivered in sepulchral tones.

The sepulchral silence of the graveyard was broken by a distant howl.

The sepulchral tone of his voice sent shivers down her spine.

The old mansion had a sepulchral atmosphere, making it feel eerie and unsettling.

She entered the sepulchral crypt with trepidation, unsure of what she might find inside.

The sepulchral darkness of the cave made it difficult to see anything clearly.

His sepulchral appearance and somber demeanor made him seem like a character from a gothic novel.

The sepulchral sound of the church bells echoed through the empty streets at midnight.

The sepulchral scent of decay hung heavy in the air of the abandoned house.

The sepulchral stillness of the forest was only broken by the occasional rustle of leaves.

As she walked through the sepulchral catacombs, she felt a sense of unease creeping over her.

Real-world Examples

" Before it's too late. A word of good advice." (His voice became sepulchral.)

Source: Brave New World

" Snuffbox, " said Jo, in a sepulchral tone, which convulsed the audience.

Source: "Little Women" original version

At length in a low sepulchral voice She pronounced the following words.

Source: Monk (Part 1)

No squirrels swung in and out of the sepulchral arches of the trees.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

The dark and mysterious underworld usually reminds people of the gloomy sepulchral hell where the ghosts suffer.

Source: Selected English short passages

'Yet three days, ' said a voice faint, hollow, and sepulchral; 'Yet three days, and we meet again! '

Source: Monk (Part 2)

No traces of the incantation, and the Vaults were only illuminated by the faint rays of the sepulchral Lamp.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

" Morning, Arthur, " he said in a sepulchral voice as the lift began to descend, " Don't often see you down here."

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

A sepulchral Lamp was suspended from the roof by an iron chain, and shed a gloomy light through the dungeon.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

This is the more remarkable because notwithstanding the darkness and oozing water there is nothing uncomfortably cellar-like or sepulchral about them.

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 2)

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