Mher
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Hi, friends. What could "cavernous" mean in this context. Thesaurus.com brings some 20 synonyms, but I can't choose a suitable one.:-?
Here is the sentence where it is used:
"I endeavored to shriek; and my lips and my parched tongue moved convulsively together in the attempt — but no voice issued from the cavernous lungs, which, oppressed as if by the weight of some incumbent mountain, gasped and palpitated, with the heart, at every elaborate and struggling inspiration." (http://poestories.com/read/premature)
Maybe "deaf" or "tuneless" could be an option?
Here is the sentence where it is used:
"I endeavored to shriek; and my lips and my parched tongue moved convulsively together in the attempt — but no voice issued from the cavernous lungs, which, oppressed as if by the weight of some incumbent mountain, gasped and palpitated, with the heart, at every elaborate and struggling inspiration." (http://poestories.com/read/premature)
Maybe "deaf" or "tuneless" could be an option?
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