The parents were worried about their children because of their morbid interest in funerals. From LearnThat.org.
morbid details. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
morbid interest in death. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I have got what you call morbid just in consequence of the sophistry by which I persuaded myself that wrong could be right. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth] Reference
It seems that little girls are going missing by the score -- all of them in morbid Mother Goosey ways. From Wordnik.com. [August 29th, 2005] Reference
At ten o'clock there stole into the box from behind, a political fanatic, his brain morbid with hate and brandy. From Wordnik.com. [Abraham Lincoln] Reference
You totally need to get that mounted just like it is, call it morbid, but it would keep the story alive, and the memory even more so. From Wordnik.com. [Potential African Record Black Marlin Eaten By Sharks] Reference
"Well, I'll tell you, dad has got what they call a morbid appetite. From Wordnik.com. [Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys] Reference
Did the photograph show anything remotely described as morbid?. From Wordnik.com. [Marine Corps Moms] Reference
The morbid are our greatest peril -- not the 'bad' men, not the predatory beings. From Wordnik.com. [The Varieties of Religious Experience] Reference
"One is always called morbid," he remarked, "who dares to look towards the truth.". From Wordnik.com. [A Prince of Sinners] Reference
It has been called morbid and indolent, and decadent, and half a hundred more ugly adjectives. From Wordnik.com. [At Large] Reference
To be called morbid by the "Spectator" is a sufficient proof that you have hit at least the right tack in morals. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Who Did] Reference
I’ve been watching, with a certain morbid fascination, the ongoing saga of the “Michelle Obama tapes” hoax. From Wordnik.com. [A Closed Theory Case Study] Reference
Then out it all came: the confession that many would hardly have understood -- would have called morbid and fanciful, perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls] Reference
This may arise either from a disease in the external senses, in which case it is called morbid sensation; or from a disease in the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Medical inquiries and observations, upon the diseases of the mind] Reference
His sense of his own unworthiness I have called morbid; morbid, too, were his sense of the fleetingness of life and his concern for death. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Portraits] Reference
His people wanted to put such 'morbid' fears aside. From Wordnik.com. [file:///D:/Data/HTML/BOOKS/src/sfsa03.txt] Reference
She was held spellbound in a kind of morbid fascination. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
It may be a symptom of a kind of morbid state of society. From Wordnik.com. [Goods, Bads, Marginal Utility, and Happiness Research, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
"It sounds kind of morbid or arrogant, but someone's got to do it.". From Wordnik.com. [Disasters' Silver Lining: Green] Reference
I insist that never for one moment was it "morbid" or unnecessarily horrible. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
His thoughts kept returning with a kind of morbid fascination to the subject of death. From Wordnik.com. [Carrie]
Anyone else find it kind of morbid that the pediatric nurse one is covered in black icing roses?. From Wordnik.com. [Literally Puzzling] Reference
It is actually kind of morbid, yet funny (which actually isn't all that uncommon with my comics). From Wordnik.com. [So I ripped his head off...] Reference
I, for one cannot get enough of your "morbid" humor ~ a bit of light scooped from the neverending abyss. From Wordnik.com. [The Insults By The Red Beaver- 03/2009] Reference
This has implications for other disorders such as morbid obesity, schizophrenia, and congenital heart disease. From Wordnik.com. [Moms Pass Autism to Children | Impact Lab] Reference
I thought I was making the kind of morbid joke about death itself that Wallace himself would have appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [Why your favorite author's like pesto] Reference
After the first episode, I was mostly watching with a sort of sick, horrified fascination; a kind of morbid curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [A Bland and Deadly Courtesy] Reference
Critics say the program panders to a kind of morbid curiosity and could be hurtful to crime victims and their families. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Is the Press Kissing up to the Vice President? - August 26, 2000] Reference
He wanted Courtland to be drawn out of what he considered his "morbid" state, but not at the price of his peace of mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
What they are talking about today, they are going to have a hearing, Paula, and it is really kind of morbid, but bear with me here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2002] Reference
Finally, why did Eveline Jave, who was not interested in dress and wore few jewels, have a kind of morbid passion for collecting them?. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret's Little Joke]
They are also aware that other people regard them with a kind of morbid curiosity and the arrogance that all too often accompanies it. From Wordnik.com. [Deborah Schoeberlein: When Victims Become Guilty by Association] Reference
"Most of them are empty," he said dully, holding his hands up before his eyes and watching them shake with a kind of morbid fascination. From Wordnik.com. [Oathbreaker]
In some kind of morbid fascination I'd love to see her become president. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
If he was at all "morbid," my advice would be to adopt morbidness at once. From Wordnik.com. [Memories of Hawthorne] Reference
It's not just me being morbid, which is the secret fear of all Titanic enthusiasts. ". From Wordnik.com. [Honk If You're A Titaniac] Reference
Septimius, under such circumstances, develops into a kind of morbid and sullen Hawthorne. From Wordnik.com. [Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)] Reference
The Colonel: Adult DVD dude, I gotta ask you this out of some kind of morbid curiosity: why are you on this board, man?. From Wordnik.com. [LUKE IS BACK] Reference
She had so hoped he would help her to sweep them all back to the cellar labeled "morbid" and lock them down in the dark again. From Wordnik.com. [The Brimming Cup] Reference
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