We are not all called to emulate his extreme asceticism, but his simplicity does challenge our greedy and consumptive lifestyle. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A consumptive patient. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
One of the finest weblogs has been morphing into a new shape: "consumptive is back. a lot simpler, a lot more blank.". From Wordnik.com. [Conscientious: Weblogs: September 2004 Archives] Reference
When Dave Harper's name was called the consumptive stepped forward and registered, and when the latter's name was called Dave stepped forward. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist] Reference
His flushed face reminded me of the more beautiful kind of consumptive -- that hectic beauty of which we used to hear so much. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
His flushed face reminded me of the more beautiful kind of consumptive — that hectic beauty of which we used to hear so much. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells] Reference
His flushed face reminded me of the more beautiful kind of consumptivethat hectic beauty of which we used to hear so much. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
The delicate features were unnaturally thin and drawn, and there were blue shadows at the temples such as consumptive men often have. From Wordnik.com. [Taquisara] Reference
He had to undergo a second disappointment in love; his health broke down again, and he was sent to Leamington to his former doctor, Jephson, once more a "consumptive" patient. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of John Ruskin] Reference
Its milk is thought very good for consumptive people. From Wordnik.com. [The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations] Reference
A consumptive should never swallow his expectoration. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
"Do you think that your daughter is consumptive?" said another. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
It is considered a remarkably good place for consumptive invalids. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
If there is a scrofulous or consumptive taint in the blood, beware!. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
'Dionysus Wheezlecroft,' answered the man, with a consumptive cough. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
A consumptive should have his own bed, and, if possible, his own room. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Our consumptive use of fossil fuels is 16 fold over the same time period. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Reese Halter: Wild Weather Justifies Global Warming Law -- in California and Nationwide] Reference
Look, too, for Liz Taylor early on as Jane's consumptive childhood friend. From Wordnik.com. [John Farr: A Tale of Two Sisters: Hollywood's Longest Running Feud] Reference
This is very nourishing, and recommended highly for consumptive complaints. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
All dishes used by a consumptive must be boiled before they are again employed. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Her power is gone, she is consumptive, and will soon disappear as a separate kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
Where one parent is consumptive and the other vigorous, the chances are just half as great. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
It is not dangerous to live with a consumptive, if the matter coughed up by him be promptly destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
It is well known, too, that the sputum of a consumptive contains myriads of virulent tubercular germs. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Young consumptive patients he found to be too expensive, and they were accordingly made uncomfortable. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years in the Prisons of England] Reference
It is a depressing sight, certainly, to see so many feeble, consumptive-looking people about, as we did there. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
Men of great grace may grow consumptive in grace, and idleness may turn him that wears a plush jacket into rags. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
To a consumptive it is admirably designed to shorten the life of anyone who will take it steadily in the hope of a cure. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
A consumptive should not swallow his phlegm, as the disease may thus be conveyed to parts of the body not already infected. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
A well person catches the disease from a consumptive only by in some way taking in the matter coughed up by the consumptive. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
I assumed the part of a decrepit old man, who seemed to be in exceeding ill health, and badly affected with a consumptive cough. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
Whether smartphones or Big Macs, we have become an extraordinarily consumptive species and one currently less satiated than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Douglas Forbes: Downward Mobility: Tech Toys and Society] Reference
The breath of a consumptive, except when he is coughing or sneezing, does not contain the germs and will not produce the disease. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The bed on which the consumptive lies should not be in a corner, but out from the wall, so as to admit of cleaning and ventilation. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
In the case of nervous and consumptive patients, the more digestible forms of fat, such as cream and butter, are to be recommended. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
Great care should of course be taken in the home of a consumptive patient to prevent the infection from spreading through the family. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
Like all pale and cadaverous men, or men of consumptive look, there could be scarcely any change in him which would be for the worse. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
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