cadaverous

Example Sentences

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In cities like New York and San Francisco, cadaverous young men with lesions on their arms and faces were a frequent sight.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

Kawasaki had doubts about the promised future when her ferry arrived at a North Korean port and was met by hundreds of cadaverous people covered with soot from head to toe, she said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2021

Yet while Harris is styled to look like Brynner did, albeit with extra cadaverous features, he’s not a robot any more.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2016

Mr. Wood’s cadaverous, perpetually abstracted character rarely seems to register what Erie’s saying.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2016

Someone pointed out a cadaverous man near Hitler and told Louie that it was Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s minister of propaganda.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand