There seemed to be a deathlike stillness about me. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Lincoln Died] Reference
So on that stricken multitude a deathlike silence sat. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans"] Reference
Militona fell back upon her chair in a deathlike swoon. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Tom was used to, but the deathlike stillness of a tomb. From Wordnik.com. [On the Trail of the Space Pirates] Reference
Every several years, Yangin-Atep fell into deathlike sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning City]
Only more beautiful made by his deathlike silence and absence. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the deathlike silence broke. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book] Reference
(Their tagline: "Rescuing you from television's deathlike grip."). From Wordnik.com. [The Snarky Vice Squad Is Ready to Be Taken Seriously. Seriously.] Reference
The flowers of the city Though breathlike, get deathlike at times. From Wordnik.com. [TO RAMONA] Reference
Downward rushed a mighty current and my deathlike grasp was broke. From Wordnik.com. [The Jamestown Flood] Reference
The breeze had died away and a deathlike stillness hung in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers] Reference
A deathlike silence prevailed as the missionary began the enumeration. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
They were somewhat awed by the deathlike silence that pervaded the place. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
But what an awful deathlike stillness is felt when the curtain is drawn aside. From Wordnik.com. [The Practice and Science of Drawing] Reference
Yudhishthira, of Bhima, of Vijaya, was burnt to deathlike a helpless creature. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
The darkness and the deathlike silence sent an icy chill to the heart of Cuglas. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales] Reference
Then there was a pause, and a deathlike silence, while all waited for Foster's answer. From Wordnik.com. [True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best] Reference
A deathlike stillness fell on the whole party, who had hitherto spoken in loud whispers. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
It troubled me greatly to see her pretty face so pale and deathlike, and her eyes closed. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
I asked in much alarm, seeing how long and deathlike was her swoon: "Is she really dead?". From Wordnik.com. [Medoline Selwyn's Work] Reference
Should any actress try to do so, the appearance of her features would be almost deathlike. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
That deathlike swoon lasted for several minutes, followed by slow return to consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
She usually billed more hours than just about anyone else, which accounted for her deathlike pallor. From Wordnik.com. [Zombie, Attorneys at Law] Reference
You laugh -- but I was handsome then -- my features had not the deathlike expression which they now wear. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
During this time Si Peters was trying his best to get away from Towser, who held on with a deathlike grip. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
When Bernard awoke out of a long and deathlike swoon, it was night, and all around him was still and dark. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
When he placed himself in position to commence, the crowded audience were hushed into a deathlike silence. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
Minutes, which seemed like hours, passed in another deathlike silence, broken only by the panting of Durnief. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
Elspeth of the Craigburnfoot, the Earl's cheek became even more deathlike than it had been at Edie's entrance. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
As soon as the district attorney resumed his seat Silvia arose and deathlike stillness fell upon the courtroom. From Wordnik.com. [An American Suffragette] Reference
Not a sound broke the deathlike stillness of the lonely scene, save the labored breathing of the sleeping jaguar. From Wordnik.com. [Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America] Reference
For a moment there was a deathlike stillness and in it the girl crept toward the door, unfastened it and gained the open. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Their faces daily lost something of that deathlike hue which had at first marked them, and they visibly improved in strength. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
I roused myself as well and quickly as I could from the oppression of my deathlike sleep, and tried to shake off the nightmare. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
I remember climbing up at evening with one of my companions, to a high altitude where the silence was deathlike and overpowering. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Dimly in the far distance I saw the room I had left, myself lying still and deathlike upon the bed, and the friends watching me. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
He had even seen them: affectless men and women with a deathlike pallor, high nasal voices, and the characteristic drooping at the chin. From Wordnik.com. [Zombie, Attorneys at Law] Reference
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