cadaverous
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In cities like New York and San Francisco, cadaverous young men with lesions on their arms and faces were a frequent sight.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
With a face caked in cadaverous makeup that accentuates a cheeky smirk with teeny fangs, this bloodsucker is impossible to take seriously.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
And with an on-field demeanor that could be considered cadaverous, he coolly notched his first save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2021
To test his theory, he ordered doctors to wash their hands and instruments in a chlorine solution, a substance he hoped would dispatch the deadly smell of cadaverous particles.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2020
Luba Luft glanced at him idly, then violently as she recognized him; her eyes faded and the color dimmed from her face, leaving it cadaverous, as if already starting to decay.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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