morbid
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Judge Barry Cotter KC said Phelan had acted out of "morbid curiosity" and that Travis had needed "help and support but he got the very opposite of that from you".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
“In this interregnum,” he continued, “appear a great variety of morbid symptoms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Needle drops of Celtic folksongs and poems set to music give the impression that every Irish dirge yearns to get as morbid as “Nearer, My God, to Thee.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The “expectant widow” line was a morbid, vaguely risqué gag, the kind of joke that has been standard fare at the Correspondents’ Dinner and roasts for decades.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
“Do us all a favor, morbid one,” she chides.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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