whited sepulcher
whited sepulchre BrE

Believe me, I know all about how the first land for this whited sepulcher was acquired!

It's the same idea as a whited sepulcher.

Below him the desert lay like a whited sepulcher cut by the dark ribbon of the interstate highway.

A whited sepulcher of a man!

The Tower reminded him of a tomb - "a whited sepulcher full of dead men's bones."

It is a whited sepulcher.

You're-you're nothing but a whited sepulcher.

It's the wellknown whited sepulcher.

The city like a whited sepulcher, in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," is Brussels.

Degenerate was also released in a six-panel digipack complete with a re-recorded bonus track of "Whited Sepulcher" from the band's debut album.

You're nothing but a whited sepulcher - damme, if that ain't just it - a whited sepulcher, madam.

Together they become the rage of Europe until Theodora marries the Duque de Sangre y Trueno in the Church of the Whited Sepulcher.

The Kennedy article, along with a recent book of lurid revelations about Elvis's addictions and predilections written by three members of his entourage, had the effect of turning the dead King into a freak, the whited sepulcher of pop culture.

Time commented, "Brother Justin comes across as a typical whited sepulcher - if there's one thing more trite than a dwarf in a surreal drama, it's a preacher with a dark side - and Brown's campy performance largely involves shouting 'Enough!'

That is quite convenient; the whited sepulchres are not there today!

By- ends was one of our Lord's whited sepulchres.

You are what the Bible calls 'whited sepulchres'; in other words, your sincerity is less than skin deep!

He is the most touched-up of whited sepulchres.

You are all a set of vipers, of whited sepulchres, and wanting in faith."

This is the moment when the two whited sepulchres at either end of the Avenue reek with the thick atmosphere of bargain and sale.

In the New Testament, the Pharisees are depicted as whited sepulchres and blatant hypocrites.

Breach of Promise (aka Whited Sepulchres)

Phrases like "black heart" and "black magic" suggest the overwhelming use of black as a pejorative, though others, like "whited sepulchres," redress the dubious balance.

They hold secret fellowship with sin; and such externals are spoken of by Jesus as "like unto whited sepulchres . . . full of all uncleanness."

Passion for power: the earthquake which breaketh and upbreaketh all that is rotten and hollow; the rolling, rumbling, punitive demolisher of whited sepulchres; the flashing interrogative-sign beside premature answers.

She has discovered that the Methodists are 'whited sepulchres', it seems, so she is going to those 'Bethel' people above Benson's bakery, and is due to be 'saved' any day now.

O you hypocrites, O, you whited sepulchres, O you who present a smooth smiling face to the world while your soul within is a foul swamp of sin, how will it fare with you in that terrible day?

In Dante's Inferno the hypocrites are punished by wearing cloaks which are 'whited sepulchres' indeed, 'so gilded outside that they dazzle, but within, all of lead, and so heavy'that they can barely walk: 'O toilsome mantle for eternity!'

In the temple he launched another violent attack, punctuated with the ritual curse, seven times repeated, 'Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!', including this devastating metaphor: 'for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness'.