umbrageous

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The great auk and Labrador duck were gone; the umbrageous flocks of passenger pigeons were reduced to a pathetic aviary remnant; the trumpeter swan seemed likely to be silenced forever.

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Success formula of the week came from Georgia's umbrageous Dan Duke, outgoing Assistant Attorney General.

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Luckily for the Nieuw Amsterdam, the characteristic tradition of Dutch art. which is that of lucid Jan Vermeer and not that of umbrageous Rembrandt, contains excellent precedent for marine design.

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It was a town surrounded by rich tidal rivers and marshes, a serene haven of antebellum houses on large lots, of streets crisscrossing through umbrageous tunnels of live oak and banks of riotous azaleas.

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Rich land is scarce in Kerm, and a Domain’s pride is in the length of its borders, and the lords of Kerm Land are proud men and umbrageous men, casting black shadows.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin