Sentence examples for on funereal from inspiring English sources

Trattoria Vittoria is a featureless box with brown furniture that squeaks on funereal marble floors and, in one of the most picturesque places imaginable, no windows to speak of.

The pattern was soon identified as the sankofa — a symbol printed on funereal garments in West Africa — and it captured the imagination of scholars, preservationists and designers.

At the hanging of one set of balloons on Monday in Silverlake, the ritual took on a funereal air as residents looked at the drawings for the vast, multi-unit three-storey apartment block proposed to replace the modest bungalow.

Russia's economic situation has so deteriorated that even typically upbeat financial analysts have been taking on a funereal tone.

— Only a few hours after a raucous downtown protest following the firing of Joe Paterno, the Penn State campus took on a funereal feel Thursday, with students struggling to come to grips with the magnitude of a sexual abuse scandal that has shaken this college town to its core.

It's not quite as dazzling as Beach House's appealingly murky self-titled 2006 debut album (on Carpark), but it's an improvement on the funereal follow-up, "Devotion," on the same label.

By the time "John Carter" had its Los Angeles premiere last month, the film had suffered months of ridicule on the Internet and had taken on a funereal aura.

As we approached each other on a pathway between a line of funereal yew trees, my cousin saw me, then pretended not to and feigned interest in a huge tropical plant, which bore a resemblance to rhubarb.

It was written on their funereal faces.

On May 30, funereal events attracted thousands of people at hundreds of cemeteries in countless towns, cities and mere crossroads.

The first performance of the Seventh Symphony was a huge success, and the audience insisted on the funereal allegretto being repeated.