Definitionadj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
Last update: June 10, 2015
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" From the charnel-house of the Vienna cabinet," he exclaimed, " a pestilential air breathes on us, which dulls our nerves and paralyses the flight of our spirit." [Please select]
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He alone of the defenders had come alive out of that terrible charnel house, the Alamo. [Please select]
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Often there are worse things still: the exterior of the tent becomes a charnel-house. [Please select]
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His disordered mind interpreted the hall of the forest as a charnel place. [Please select]
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"And as for Lady Henry, her imagination is a perfect charnel-house." [Please select]
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A vain show--and this, too, was of the charnel. [Please select]
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It struck cold and noisome, like a peculiarly unaired charnel-house. [Please select]
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If charnel houses exist or have been used, describe them. [Please select]
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For the odors of these ghastly charnel houses there may be words in Lithuanian, but there are none in English. [Please select]
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Later, as the Spider goes on feeding, the remains of the victuals are embedded in the wall, the sand is shaken and gradually drops away and the home resumes its charnel-house appearance. [Please select]
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