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How to use jaundiced in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Jaundiced means affected with jaundice. Example: “Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.”

Examples of jaundiced by meaning

adjectiveAffected with jaundice.

  • Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, →ISBN, page 72

adjectivePrejudiced; envious.

  • a jaundiced judgment
  • Although Professor Davidson took a very jaundiced view of the Neptune probe, it had already been approved and he saw no point in sending more good money after bad.1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
  • If we have experienced a hostile world in childhood, we will continue to view almost everyone with a jaundiced eye and react to them according to our perception.2003, Simon S. Godfrey, The Nature of Man and God: A New Look, Trafford Publishing, page 186

More sentences with jaundiced

  • I passed from the jaundiced lighting of the parking garage to the halogen glare of the walkway.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.62-63. From the entry sunning
  • Biliblankets are used as another way of giving a jaundiced baby phototherapy treatment.2003, Nikki Bradford, Your Premature Baby: The First Five Years, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry biliblanket
  • Disillusionment among emigrants was common, and homesickness inspired many jaundiced accounts about conditions in the New World.1974, John Rowe, “Gold in them thar hills—perhaps”, in The Hard-Rock Men: Cornish Immigrants and the North American Mining Frontier…. From the entry St Juster
  • Prince has cannily parlayed his jaundiced view of society, especially its macho subcultures, into an array of market-friendly paintings and sculpture.2007 September 9, Roberta Smith, “Solo Museum Shows: Not the Usual Suspects”, in New York Times. From the entry rephotography
  • Some men were turning up with their faces covered with "bronzers" that made them look jaundiced, mottled terra cotta, or muddy brown.1984, Toni Stabile, Everything you want to know about cosmetics. From the entry bronzer
  • The croton bushes, by day hideous things like jaundiced laurels, were changed by the moon into jagged black and white designs like fantastic wood-cuts.1934, George Orwell, chapter 15, in Burmese Days. From the entry croton
  • The supply seems inexhaustible, and even the most ardent tomatophile, if I may coin a word, comes to look upon the rosy sphere with a jaundiced eye.1958 August 6, “Vegetable timetable revised”, in The Gordon Journal, sixty-eighth year, number 32, Gordon, Neb.. From the entry tomatophile

Meaning of jaundiced

  1. adjective Affected with jaundice.
  2. adjective Prejudiced; envious.

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Questions about jaundiced in a sentence

How do you use jaundiced in a sentence?
Jaundiced is used as an adjective. For example: “Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.”
What is a short sentence with jaundiced?
“a jaundiced judgment”
What does jaundiced mean?
Jaundiced means affected with jaundice.

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