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bilious

[bil-yuhs] / ˈbɪl jəs /








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Mr. McMullan is an effective antidote to the more bilious goings on—the acting is much more flamboyant in the Atticus story than in Susan’s, which is less entertaining than distracting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

None of the works, by the way, resemble “Open Casket,” the photograph-based painting of Emmett Till that jettisoned Schutz into bilious controversy in 2017.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

Color is a bilious miasma, golden tones sliding into flashes of brightness that collapse into queasy hues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

The plant grew to shrublike proportions and, for more months of the year than not, was adorned with slightly bilious Pepto-pink flowers.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2022

And with their ice cream and clean faces they elicited in his gut again that bilious, unwanted irritation.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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