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A sadly etiolated Princess Margaret died at 71 in 2002.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2024

However, when succulents become etiolated, they can only grow thicker new growth once sunlight is corrected.

From Seattle Times Aug. 30, 2022

One woman in his new novel is described as “so etiolated by Bikram yoga that she looked like gristle.”

From New York Times Feb. 13, 2014

He is no longer just the arch mannerist, the etiolated epigone of Michelangelo, perverse and stylised in equal measure.

From The Guardian Oct. 22, 2010

Already, on the walk from the station, the May sunshine had made him feel dirty and etiolated, a creature of indoors, with the sooty dust of London in the pores of his skin.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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