bilious
Example Sentences
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“A bilious complaint is caused by bile,” she says, eyes closed, thinking aloud.
From Literature
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The piece ran under an illustration of a black spatula dripping sinister goblets of melting plastic, against a background of bilious green.
From Los Angeles Times
Color is a bilious miasma, golden tones sliding into flashes of brightness that collapse into queasy hues.
From Los Angeles Times
The canvas, 5 feet square, imposes the sentiment in a stack of crisp white words over snow-covered mountain scenery, the sky a sallow yellow fading upward into bilious green.
From Los Angeles Times
Washed in an unappetizing sludge of grayish green, the movie aims for serious and settles on bilious.
From New York Times
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