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
The piece ran under an illustration of a black spatula dripping sinister goblets of melting plastic, against a background of bilious green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
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
These, too, I left amid the bilious contents of my drafts folder.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
A stunted, smoke-blackened tree at the corner had put out new leaves of a bilious green.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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