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
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
Mr. Wood’s cadaverous, perpetually abstracted character rarely seems to register what Erie’s saying.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2016
Elsewhere one-armed Harwood Stout talked quietly with the cadaverous Whoresbane Umber.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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