tubercular
Example Sentences
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Her tubercular pale skin and flushed cheeks contributed to her allure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
All except for Ratso, a tubercular, disabled con man.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
Garner, a tubercular local railroad worker “snatched from the grave by radium” at the British-American Medical Institute at 859 South Figueroa, where, restored to health, he went to work operating the institute’s “electro-ozo-viro-radium treatment machine.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2021
With the “Funeral March” at its center, LaFarge’s multifaceted “journey” covers everything from the tubercular composer’s relationship with the gender-bending author George Sand to the video game “Frederic: The Resurrection of Music.”
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2021
The one who never complained, not even of thirst, was Sebastian Gomez, who seemed as indefatigable as Miguel, even though he was twice his age and looked tubercular.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
