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
He had lost an older brother, Harold, to tuberculosis at age 24, and a younger brother, Arthur, to tubercular encephalitis at age 7, according to the Nixon library.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 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
I cover my mouth with my napkin and cough and cough like some tubercular old uncle.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
