whited sepulcher
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of whited sepulcher
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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In the cold concrete of the great bunker, the whited sepulcher of National Socialism, the moviegoer has the vivid sensation, for most of two hours, that he is buried alive.
From Time Magazine Archive
It’s such a whited sepulcher, and its inhabitants are such blackguards with great big hearts.
From The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum
In a very few hours I arrived in a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulcher.
From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
They whose society you seek will flee you as a whited sepulcher, whose darksome depths repel every glance.
From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas père
The instincts of her girlhood, surviving, made a whited sepulcher of her present life.
From The U. P. Trail by Zane Grey
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