deathlike
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of deathlike
1540–50; death + -like; compare Old English dēathlīc deathly
Example Sentences
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I think that part of what drove theater attendance this summer was a subconscious attraction to the deathlike repetition of timeless dreamworlds, whether underwater or plastered in pink.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023
Failing to turn friendship with an aristocratic young woman into something more, a despondent Guy wills himself into a deathlike sleep, eventually awakening in a seemingly idyllic socialist future.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021
In the lower one, the deceased Virgin lies in deathlike sleep amid a gathering of apostles.
From New York Times • May 16, 2018
A woman lies on a tomb in a deathlike slumber, rose petals scattered all around.
From The Guardian • May 9, 2016
Many creatures sensed the approach of the slithering evil, or scented its dry, musty, deathlike odor.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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