Example Sentences

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An Egyptian temple, relocated when the Aswan dam was built in the 1960s, now stands sepulchrally on the hilltop.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2015

The air-conditioning is on high, the lighting sepulchrally low.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2015

Though Barnabas speaks sepulchrally of “the all-consuming void, the dark shadows of the soul,” Depp seems to be viewing his character from the outside, impressed and, even more, amused.

From Time • May 10, 2012

They time-trip the ear medium back to its spooky prime, when Orson Welles scared America witless with a Martian Halloween prank, when Arch Oboler intoned sepulchrally, "And now, Lights Out."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Just a prison,” said Burd sepulchrally from the doorway.

From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret