Now I must deal, once and once only, with a somewhat macabre concept.

Lord Uxbridge's amputated leg had a somewhat macabre after-life.

Giving off a heavenly fragrance, the smashed oranges look somewhat macabre since blood oranges, with a purple-red pulp, are thrown.

A somewhat macabre discussion followed, dealing with the processes of death.

This somewhat macabre premise was later abandoned in favor of the idea that ghosts were merely a type of supernatural being, similar to ghouls, goblins, etc.

Then they moved on to a somewhat macabre game: "Suppose that the four of us were in an airplane that crashed.

When the somewhat macabre bonfire was ready, I struck a match and ignited several bundles of birch bark.

As a drawing card, it is somewhat macabre.

Today they provide a somewhat macabre tourist attraction as well as an extraordinary historical record.

Indeed, Ms. Marin has become known for bringing a modern, if somewhat macabre, twist to fairy tales.