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
How much among us might be likened to a whited sepulcher: outwardly all pomp and strength, but inwardly full of horror and despair and dead men’s bones!
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose
How Horace Endicott had raved over this whited sepulcher five years ago, believed in her, sworn by her virtue and truth!
From The Art of Disappearing by Smith, John Talbot
If the beauty of the fever coast is that of a whited sepulcher, it is a sufficiently alluring region, and Dom Pedro's factory stood high and healthily upon the summit of a bluff.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
The information came first to Edward Lamb, through the inquiries of a commercial rating company, that their Boston capitalist was a whited sepulcher, so far as capital went.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
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