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bilious

[bil-yuhs] / ˈbɪl jəs /








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But the real trouble came some two decades later, when Capote’s bilious short story “La Côte Basque, 1965,” an excerpt from his planned masterpiece-to-be “Answered Prayers,” was poised for publication in Esquire magazine.

From New York Times Oct. 30, 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

I tracked Simpson’s prevarications for years in print, eventually receiving a bilious email from him in which he simply repeated the lies I had debunked.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2022

But here he's usually in on the joke versus playing the buffoon, and suffers the silliness of his employer with the tolerance of a parent with a bilious child.

From Salon Jan. 2, 2022

“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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