lividness
Example Sentences
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A rapid flowed into the head of it, and the lines of froth shone with a strange lividness.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold
My acquaintance with wounds would have taught me to regard sunken muscles, lividness, and cessation of the pulse, as mere indications of a swoon, and not as tokens of death.
From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden
"Indeed!" said he; but this time the word was uttered in a faint voice, while a pallor that was almost lividness colored his dark features.
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James
The start, and the sudden lividness of the other’s countenance plainly visible in the moonlight, were answer enough.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
Pale and livid combs are as certain a sign of bad health in fowls, as the paleness or lividness of the lips is in human beings.
From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh
