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单词 sepulchral
释义
sepulchralse‧pul‧chral /səˈpʌlkrəl/ adjective literary Examples
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  • Figures on sepulchral monuments sporting shrouds in place of customary day dress are not so rare as those depicted on memorial brasses.
  • In loud, sepulchral tones, this vision warned James to give up war and consorting with wanton women.
  • It was a sepulchral place, altogether depressing and gloomy.
  • Much additional information can, however, be learnt from sepulchral sculpture, prints and drawings, paintings and memento mori jewellery.
  • My protector in the sepulchral darkness filled with light.
  • One might mention an object or a locality, and sepulchral silence would descend.
  • Tenebrous, sepulchral, their interiors speak mutely of their absent architects.
  • White statues of saints, angels and the Holy Family added a traditional, if sepulchral, touch.
1sad, serious, and slightly frightening:  a sepulchral voice2dark, empty, and slightly frightening:  in the sepulchral gloom of the church
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