charnel house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of charnel house
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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Scaled up to a necropolis, it could make the right impression, a modernist Hooverville of death in the shadow of our great national charnel house of inaction.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
Television is a veritable charnel house containing the bones of characters who died unnecessary or stupid deaths.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2021
Above their heads: a charnel house of endangered trees.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2021
Its portrait of life as a charnel house may be half the story but in this case, it’s the only half.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2021
When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Louis Zangwill
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