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
And the woman knew that her frailties were many and the hiss was Truth, and that all her loveliness was but a whited sepulcher that hid the ghastly bones of a murdered womanhood.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
No one could have written to me as Joan has done and yet want to return to that whited sepulcher down there in the Balkans.
From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler
So in no joyful spirit I came at last to Amiens, this whited sepulcher, this Circe's capital, this den of thieves, this home of vampires.
From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip
You bring the whited sepulcher home to you, and find that you have been living in it yourself.
From The Subterranean Brotherhood by Hawthorne, Julian
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