Meaning & use
Sepulchral
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Relating to burial or tombs, or having a gloomy, deathly quality reminiscent of a grave.
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A sepulchral silence fell over the abandoned church.
His sepulchral voice sent a shiver through the audience.
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Often used today in a figurative sense, to describe a deep, hollow, or eerie tone of voice, rather than anything literally related to tombs.
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