tubercular
Example Sentences
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Her tubercular pale skin and flushed cheeks contributed to her allure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
He had lost an older brother, Harold, to tuberculosis at age 24, and a younger brother, Arthur, to tubercular encephalitis at age 7, according to the Nixon library.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2022
The site of the spectacular federal courthouse on the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena was originally a boarding house built in 1882 by Emma Bangs, who had brought her tubercular daughter west.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2022
“Chasing Chopin” is only a partial biography, with much of its focus falling on the odd celebrity couple of Chopin and George Sand: tubercular composer, gender-bending author.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2020
The cancerous and tubercular rats and mice leaped about their cages.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
