bilious

Example Sentences

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Color is a bilious miasma, golden tones sliding into flashes of brightness that collapse into queasy hues.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Washed in an unappetizing sludge of grayish green, the movie aims for serious and settles on bilious.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

The high jinks and lowdown deeds that ensue in “The Menu” are sure to remind viewers of “The Triangle of Sadness,” Ruben Ostlund’s similarly bilious takedown of the rich and fatuous.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022

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

Though I didn’t do anything stupid, exactly, or say anything that I shouldn’t, I felt dejected and bilious, and I talked little and ate even less.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt