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Recent Examples of sepulchral Wolverine Blues saw Swedish death-metal pioneers Entombed slowing down and adding a rock and roll swagger to their grisly, sepulchral sound, and in the process realizing some of their most memorable material. Hank Shteamer, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023 Morse was tall and thin and as gray and sepulchral as a church about to be condemned. Krista Stevens, Longreads, 2 Feb. 2022 Here, the cemetery scene — in which bass-baritone John Relyea, having switched roles from ghost to gravedigger, stands in an open pit and pushes his voice to even more sepulchral depths— moves too slowly to be comic. Vulture, 16 May 2022 Splendor gradually drains from Richard Hudson’s set, which fades from ornate to sepulchral under Neil Austin’s lighting, as the march of the 20th century grows louder outside the door. Naveen Kumar, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for sepulchral 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepulchral
Adjective
  • Despite being known as a city that puts smiles on faces and provides a good time to all, the mood in New Orleans has been much more somber the past few days.
    William Guillory, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • While Syrians in the capital looked forward to a new beginning after Assad’s ouster, the mood was more somber along Beirut’s Mediterranean promenade, where residents shared cautious hopes for the new year, reflecting on a country still reeling from war and ongoing crises.
    Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But beneath Pansy’s rage, often a source of that specific, bleak brand of Mike Leigh comedy, lies severe OCD, anxiety, depression, and the grief of having recently lost her mother.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
  • While the art world has felt bleak amid a buckling market, a new art fair is gracing Los Angeles this year.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • TikTok's attorney suggested the app would basically go dark.
    WIRED, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Schaeffer, 22, was seen leaving her home on May 23, 2022, with her black-and-white cat, Izzy, and getting into a dark gray BMW that had been parked across the street for six hours, according to security video.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Without these, retirees may experience lower self-worth and a lack of purpose that makes depressive symptoms worse.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • For every one-unit increase in a father's pre-birth well-being, the depressive symptom score was decreased by 1.2%.
    Kimanzi Constable, Parents, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months.
    Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
  • After the twinkling lights of the holiday season have been packed away, winter can feel downright dull and desolate, especially for families with energetic kids trapped inside by the cold.
    Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The 2024 State of the Global Workplace report by Gallup finds that one in five employees worldwide feels lonely at work.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • This book tells the story of her life growing up poor and lonely, and her experiences becoming one of the country’s most original, and beloved, musicians.
    Michael Schaub, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In the room: The feeling was solemn and surreal, with many attendees talking about events earlier in the day for Twelfth Night to kick off the Mardi Gras season.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The serious can exist alongside the inane, and the two enhance each other; in this universe, everyone deserves the right to a good bit of fun, and mass entertainment must serve the solemn duty of providing it.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The depressing part is that the smear campaign worked.
    Nicole Page, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In October, Lilium was scrambling for additional investments to keep the doors open and by late December the company announced that the only people still on the payroll would be handling the depressing job of liquidation.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2025

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“Sepulchral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulchral. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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