lividness
Example Sentences
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She saw the face pale to lividness and the lips stiffen, but except for that, the man made no movement, and for some ten seconds he did not speak.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
The start, and the sudden lividness of the other’s countenance plainly visible in the moonlight, were answer enough.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
A rapid flowed into the head of it, and the lines of froth shone with a strange lividness.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
Von Holtz’s pallor changed subtly from the pallor of fear to the awful lividness of rage.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various
My sister's well-known and beloved features could not be concealed by convulsion or lividness.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
