1 He addressed the group in funereal tones.

2 She was appropriately garbed in funereal black.

3 The local weather was always funereal.

4 The atmosphere in the room was funereal.

5 Smoke from a score of chain-smokers wreathed its funereal patterns.

6 The New Zealanders, appropriately garbed in funereal black, arrive next week to scatter the ashes.

7 In the funereal chill Vassily drew up a chair and poured us both a drink.

8 Passers-by glanced sympathetically at them, unsurprised by the funereal atmosphere of the gathering.

9 Night fell upon, and spread its funereal pall over, a field of blood where death held unrestrained carnival!

10 Last weekend a funereal air wafted through its four-storey office on the Via Due Macelli.

11 The mood of the music was almost funereal.

12 A funereal urn awaiting a few tears?

13 Yet there was nothing mawkish or funereal about the atmosphere at the weekend shows — rather they were a celebration of the individuality that produces imaginative talent.

14 Even with Donald there, Aileen thought, the place had a funereal silence about it.

15 Doctor Turner takes me aside to acquaint me in funereal tones with the details of a colleague's latest symptoms.

16 Meanwhile, on the passenger front, the four-mile Sanderstead-Elmers End line witnessed funereal acts on 13 May 1983.

17 Then suddenly the white cliffs, a salty tang in the air, a few sheep and a funereal sky.

18 Many women still regard an all - black look as too masculine, heavy or even funereal.