bilious
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Mr. McMullan is an effective antidote to the more bilious goings on—the acting is much more flamboyant in the Atticus story than in Susan’s, which is less entertaining than distracting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Color is a bilious miasma, golden tones sliding into flashes of brightness that collapse into queasy hues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
The plant grew to shrublike proportions and, for more months of the year than not, was adorned with slightly bilious Pepto-pink flowers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
But it is difficult not to believe that, from that day on, those divisions became more pronounced, more concrete, more bilious, and that the game has never recovered.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
“A bilious complaint is caused by bile,” she says, eyes closed, thinking aloud.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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