deathlike
[deth-lahyk]
- resembling death.
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Origin of deathlike
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We sat hushed and unbelieving in that terrible, deathlike silence.
The Floating Island of MadnessJason Kirby
A murmuring, then a laugh, cut through the deathlike stillness.
When the Sleepers WokeArthur Leo Zagat
But no sound broke the deathlike stillness of the desert night.
Bloom of CactusRobert Ames Bennet
Carmena screamed and fell over sideways in a deathlike faint.
Bloom of CactusRobert Ames Bennet
Then there came a lull, a strange, deep lull, deathlike after the mighty blast.
The Trail of '98Robert W. Service