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
Yes, the female prisoner, in the coarse gray woolen gown and close white linen cap, who sat on the wooden bench binding shoes, was Katie's "whited sepulcher."
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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 Howard Chandler Christy
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
It's a whited sepulcher, that's what it is.
From The Witness by Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
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