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

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

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