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Example sentences for "eldritch"

Lexicographically close words:
eldern; elders; eldership; eldest; eldrich; ele; elecampane; eleccion; elect; elected
  1. The urchins then raised such an eldritch laugh that they made the arches of the castle to ring, and, skipping about and about, provoked the mule to farther violence.

  2. The Witch, seated on top of her hut, gave what is called in old stories, an eldritch laugh when she saw Sir Gladys advancing on one side of the Moor, and Lady Floretta, more slowly climbing up the other.

  3. They could also fill the air with the clash of battle, or with the dread cries of eldritch things.

  4. On the dreary kirkyaird road, aye By night he raised sic eldritch howls; Weel he kenned his maister's body Soon must mix amang the mools.

  5. Over and with higher note than the blast itself, high-pitched eldritch laughter, fleeting and mocking, skirled and shrieked through the air.

  6. His eldritch look gars us swarf wi' fear, And the fient a ane will the house come near, If they think but o' Aiken-drum.

  7. So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch skreich and hollow.

  8. Where hills made gibbous shadows in the moon, They heard the eldritch laughters of the wind, Seeming the mirth of death; and 'neath their gaze Gaunt valleys deepened like an old despair.

  9. Near the place now known as Place d'Armes the little band was greeted by the eldritch scream of eighty painted Iroquois.

  10. Into the open space the dead lion was dragged, and with many an eldritch shout and scream, for hours and hours these savages danced round the dead lion, and the fire that burned in the tree-top.

  11. There was a deep, death-like stillness over all the place, broken only now and then by the eldritch laugh of some prowling hyaena.

  12. H is eldritch look gars us swarf wi1 fear; An' the fient a ane will the house come near, If they think but o' Aiken-drum.

  13. Yet shall I dream of it shudderingly, Vanished, eldritch ship of the sea, Fearful lest some barque be borne In wake of the wraith (ah, hearts that mourn!

  14. So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch screech and hollow.

  15. So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' monie an eldritch screetch and hollow.

  16. Now and again eldritch shrieks, as of some one perishing, were heard, and then the voices of angry spirits, yelling through the tempest, reached the ear.

  17. The old kirkyard, with its tottering headstones grouped around the black kirk, had an eldritch look in the murky night, and Elliot's heart sank into his boots as he drew nigh.

  18. I thought as I came alang I had a sort of a feeling as of a wraith nigh about me--a lang, eldritch sort o' a form i' the mist.

  19. Because many deaths have occurred at that place, and the residents were consequently plunged in gloom, you must not rashly impute eldritch influences to the atmosphere surrounding it.

  20. XXVI But he then up, that Eldritch King, Set him in his sadle againe, And that Eldritch King and his ladye To their castle are they gone.

  21. So Maggie runs; the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch skriech and hollo.

  22. The hairy wing-mouse flutters there, The owl mopes as in days of yore, Strange eldritch sounds salute the ear, Unholy things crawl on the floor.

  23. His heart beat high, with eldritch cry upon the floor he sprang, Then raised his wrist, and shook his fist, and spoke his first harangue.

  24. Then they fell to a discussion as to whether the eldritch yell had been uttered by the Count or by someone in the wood round the glade; it had fallen upon very ragged nerves, and for the lives of them they could not be sure.

  25. Hitherto his father had said nothing of that timely but eldritch yell.

  26. Now to those who enjoy an intimacy with Tinker, an eldritch yell is neither here nor there.

  27. John had a whip in his hand, with which he lashed the water furiously, and uttered his eldritch shrieks.

  28. So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' monie an eldritch skreech and hollow.

  29. All-Hallow Eve is the proper sort of an eldritch night for such a piece of diablerie as a mask ball to be held," laughed Mr. Berners.

  30. As soon as I opened my eyes I saw the wild eldritch face, with its keen bright black eyes and queer eyebrows, and snake-like black locks, running down over the red cloak.


  31. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eldritch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    eerie; macabre; spooky; uncanny; unearthly; weird