cadaverous

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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

Bodily, Darius remains at home, a cadaverous figure lit by a glowing orb as in a painting by a Dutch master — the handiwork of Feliksas Abrukauskas, whose cinematography smoothly integrates the film’s C.G.I.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

And with an on-field demeanor that could be considered cadaverous, he coolly notched his first save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2021

To test his theory, he ordered doctors to wash their hands and instruments in a chlorine solution, a substance he hoped would dispatch the deadly smell of cadaverous particles.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2020

Luba Luft glanced at him idly, then violently as she recognized him; her eyes faded and the color dimmed from her face, leaving it cadaverous, as if already starting to decay.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick