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A sadly etiolated Princess Margaret died at 71 in 2002.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2024

Succulent varieties that require more direct light will become etiolated and lose color without it.

From Seattle Times Aug. 30, 2022

And this book about “million-dollar babies” has a lot of million-dollar words: etiolated, accidie, budgerigar.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2022

He is no longer just the arch mannerist, the etiolated epigone of Michelangelo, perverse and stylised in equal measure.

From The Guardian Oct. 22, 2010

Already, on the walk from the station, the May sunshine had made him feel dirty and etiolated, a creature of indoors, with the sooty dust of London in the pores of his skin.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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