morbid
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Mr. de la Bédoyère writes of the Ptolemies, the Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt after the conquests of Alexander, that little is known about their physiology, “apart from how some were given to morbid obesity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Next steps: It may feel morbid to plan for life as a widow or widower, but smart advance tax-planning strategies mean facing the “what-ifs.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Thinking about those details did not feel morbid to her.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Lynch’s impulse to fragment takes a more playful, if morbid, turn in the “Kits.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In retrospect, it is odd how little power the dead farmer exercised over an imagination as morbid and hysterical as my own.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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