deathy
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The deathy stillness of a town, and the barred windows, and shut shops, and empty streets, and great long lines of big brick buildin's look melancholy.
From The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
The deathy stillness of a town, and the barred windows, and shut shops, and empty streets, and great long lines of big brick buildins, look melancholy.
From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
This is another painful division and shrinkage,— In tears and cries imbodied A female form trembling and pale, Waves before his deathy face.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene
His deathy face grew more corpse-like as I spoke, but he nevertheless managed to stammer out, "No; Jamth Edward, thir."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
The Raven dislikes all animal food that has not a deathy smack.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
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