lividness

Example Sentences

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The glare behind him emphasized the lividness of his pallid skin.

From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold

"Indeed!" said he; but this time the word was uttered in a faint voice, while a pallor that was almost lividness colored his dark features.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

Pale and livid combs are as certain a sign of bad health in fowls, as the paleness or lividness of the lips is in human beings.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

He raises his eyes and beholds only the lividness of the clouds.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

The face is fearsome pale and of an immovable waxen lividness, in which the purple lips fall slightly apart.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce