How to Use funereal in a Sentence

funereal

adjective

• The late-night ride back to campus that might feel funereal if the Bruins lose.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
• Some were dressed in funereal black and a few men in formal morning coats with vests.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
• Ghosting the News, as the bearer of very bad news about the news itself, adopts an aptly funereal feel.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 July 2020
• During the time of the pharaohs, gold was often used to decorate the funereal masks of rulers like King Tutankhamen.
  — Jacey Fortin, Star Tribune, 11 Feb. 2021
• The rally ended with Trump speaking over funereal music that some have likened to a QAnon theme.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2022
• Some pieces in the Diker Collection are sacred, such as a shaman’s rattle made of human or horse hair; some are funereal and were buried with the dead.
  — Kathleen Sharp For Propublica, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023
• During the long stretch when the Advance failed to live up to its upbeat billing, the event took on a funereal vibe, even amid the splendor of a historic hotel decked out for Christmas.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2021
• The music never gets very loud or very soft, fast, or high: The mood is politely mournful, the pace a frequently funereal trudge.
  — An Epic Set, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
• The mood was funereal, two employees who wished to remain anonymous told TIME.
  — Time, 31 Oct. 2022
• Here’s a funereal thought to darken your Monday: The United States is not going to address its spending crisis.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 July 2021
• Hindu priests, clad in white, dropped to their knees to lead funereal ceremonies for families who had lost an uncle, a father.
  — Kai Schultz, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2017
• By video’s end, Shane is changing from his baggy jeans and Vans snapback into funereal black pants and a button-down, and lighting yet another smoke.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
• When the public address announcer asked for a moment to remember all who died in the pandemic, the place felt downright funereal.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 23 July 2021
• Apart from the movers, and the booms of Israeli artillery fired toward Gaza, a funereal stillness sits over this small community, whose name has become synonymous with the ravages of Oct. 7.
  — Heidi Levine, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• Castel Sant'Angelo is suddenly a tomb again, gloomy and funereal.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2021
• But this time, the mood among the congregation’s many Indigenous members was funereal.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• Halfway through, the mood shifts, and those hopeful swirls morph into declarative, funereal piano chords.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2023
• When communities came together in the Middle Ages to give thanks for the ending of a plague, the tone was humble and funereal, not celebratory.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
• The Wakandans wear funereal white, which is traditional in West African cultures.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• The whole thing managed to repackage the hyper-feminine clichés beloved by #coquettes as something dark and mysterious and even funereal.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
• If anything, the material frailty of the image helps focus your attention on its funereal mood.
  — Teju Cole, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
• Garrison and Jones work themselves into a funereal groove, and Tyner somehow makes his piano sound like it’s crying.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• Why were they dressed all in black, giving a funereal air, and an almost ghoulish, otherworldly appearance?
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 21 Jan. 2022
• In other homes, nodding Easter lilies will cast a vaguely funereal air over the roast—only to be discarded a week later when their anthers stain an antique linen tablecloth in splotches of saffron.
  — Marianne Willburn, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
• With the sudden announcement of a lockdown, the festivities turned funereal.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2021
• Members of the honor guard saluted during the funereal procession.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
• Scholars first used inscriptions on their funereal goods to identify them.
  — National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2020
• Van Gogh had unchained it from its age-old funereal associations and reinvented it as a tour de force of emotional connection and nurturance.
  — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 11 May 2023
• From there, a turn-by-turn procession unfolds that feels equal parts fantastic and funereal: A loose melodic tangle of oboe, violin, piccolo, cello and bassoon twists into an anxious coil.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• Attendance hemorrhaged so badly for so long the school last season moved home games from Sullivan Arena, which had become funereal, to its tiny on-campus facility.
  — Doyle Woody, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024