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

Kawasaki had doubts about the promised future when her ferry arrived at a North Korean port and was met by hundreds of cadaverous people covered with soot from head to toe, she said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 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

From one end of the harbor to the other, Greek soldiers, exhausted, cadaverous, unclean, limped toward the embarkation point at Chesme, southwest of the city, awaiting evacuation.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides