Wondering how to use Macabre in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as ghastly or grim.
Macabre in a sentence
Macabre meaning
- Representing or personifying death.
- Obsessed with death or the gruesome.
- Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
Using Macabre
- The main meaning on this page is: Representing or personifying death. | Obsessed with death or the gruesome. | Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
- Useful related words include: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome.
- In the example corpus, macabre often appears in combinations such as: the macabre, danse macabre, and macabre.
Context around Macabre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Macabre
- In this selection, "macabre" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, danse, magically, scene, tourist and voice stand out and add context to how "macabre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a macabre tourist attraction and album danse macabre which saw. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "macabre" sits close to words such as aberration, aditya and af, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with macabre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Adam and his cat companion walk into a macabre scene. (10 words)
It all ties together, so here's a macabre guide. (10 words)
They mostly dealt with witchcraft and the macabre among other topics. (11 words)
Each of these memorials includes a silly turn of phrase or pun, giving the wait for the ride a macabre but silly element that does a good job of teasing the ride's overall aesthetic and approach. (37 words)
Fredericton’s featured artists also consist of Kate Halliday, whose pseudonym is Yeah Okay, and says she’s “most inspired by the mystical and the macabre,” painting darker images while specializing in acrylic paint and ink. (36 words)
The best-known of these–eight low-budget Roger Corman movies made between 1960-1964 and usually starring the debonair, diabolical –are entertaining but can't recreate Poe's macabre, paranoid, and generally unwholesome sensibility. (35 words)
It's time to get magically macabre with these uber-powerful zombie-slaying Wonder Weapons! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Adam and his cat companion walk into a macabre scene.
A macabre tourist attraction: The fascinated and the obsessed come to gawk at the Long Island house where the architect charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings lived.
Backing into writing after a stint at the Asiatic Petroleum Company, his macabre voice and flights into fantasy were clearly engendered by brushes with death and violence.
But sometimes, the scariest stories associated with on-screen scare fare come from their respective sets, from macabre mishaps to chilling happenings that just can't be explained.
Clearly inspired by Tim Burton movies, not only visually but also in its sense of humor, combines the macabre with the charming.
Each of these memorials includes a silly turn of phrase or pun, giving the wait for the ride a macabre but silly element that does a good job of teasing the ride's overall aesthetic and approach.
Fredericton’s featured artists also consist of Kate Halliday, whose pseudonym is Yeah Okay, and says she’s “most inspired by the mystical and the macabre,” painting darker images while specializing in acrylic paint and ink.
From the pages of magazines to the television to the big screen, America's favorite gothic and macabre clan have experienced their fair share of trials and tribulations.
It all ties together, so here's a macabre guide.
It's time to get magically macabre with these uber-powerful zombie-slaying Wonder Weapons!
Keishla's mother, who had warned her daughter that Verdejo was dangerous, described the murder as "macabre".
Meanwhile, a new enemy called the Dead Moon infiltrates the city during a solar eclipse and sets up a macabre circus in hopes of finding the elusive being known as Pegasus.
Since arriving at the macabre museum in September 2022, Quinn has ignited a debate over the ethics of how its human remains are handled and displayed.
The band have also recently released their 16th studio album, Danse Macabre, which saw them reunite with their original guitarist, Andy Taylor, for the first time since 2006 on their new song, Black Moonlight.
The best-known of these–eight low-budget Roger Corman movies made between 1960-1964 and usually starring the debonair, diabolical –are entertaining but can't recreate Poe's macabre, paranoid, and generally unwholesome sensibility.
The macabre-looking flotsam first came to light via a post in the Marine Biology Facebook group that’s currently making waves online.
The performance finished with a solo piano rendition of Camille Saint-Saens’ “Danse Macabre”, again demonstrating mind-boggling technical ability as his hands leapt around the piano, imitating an entire orchestra.
There is also a new entry from Duran Duran called Danse Macabre which is positioned at number four, one above James Blunt’s latest offering – Who We Used To Be.
They mostly dealt with witchcraft and the macabre among other topics.
They used saws to hack up Julia, a talented artist and musician, and in court it was suggested they kept her right kidney as a macabre trophy.
Common combinations with macabre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the macabre 29×
- danse macabre 15×
- and macabre 8×
- of macabre 8×
- macabre and 8×
- macabre but 4×
- macabre in 4×
- his macabre 3×
- as macabre 3×
- macabre as 3×