whited sepulchre
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of whited sepulchre
from Matthew 23:27
Example Sentences
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An old house—yes, I like old houses, but this is like a whited sepulchre, somehow.
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Who would suspect, to see him, that that black coat of his was buttoned round a whited sepulchre?
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You whited sepulchre! is it possible that, having shown one face to the world, you now propose to show another one to me, and that you think I'll let you?
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The whited sepulchres of the sovereign hypocrites of the Republic now stood black as night in the face of noon.
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All England was a whited sepulchre, full of dead men’s bones.
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