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as in angry
feeling or showing anger the boss was livid when yet another deadline was missed

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Recent Examples of livid Democrats, for their part, are livid over Musk's early flex, accusing Republicans of being pawns to an oligarch. Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024 Leila, on the other hand, was still as livid at the family’s decision as if it had been made mere moments ago in an adjacent room. Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Many in the Penguins organization were still livid about that call following the game. Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 Bengals fans were livid, saying the Chiefs were afraid to face Cincinnati in the playoffs. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for livid
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  • Harry Belafonte was angry at Martin Luther King’s funeral.
    Made by History, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Related article People are angry at Gen Z taking photos of airport trays.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
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  • Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.
    Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The Russian invasion of Ukraine won Vladimir Putin a certain admiration in countries of the global South, as well as among MAGA Americans, while Joe Biden’s appeals to democratic values seemed pallid and hypocritical.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
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  • The horizon is low and the pale blue sky occupies most of the monumental canvas.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • While this is being portrayed as the return of the dire wolf, these animals are primarily a variant of gray wolves, as many of the genetic changes that create their large size and pale coat already exist in some gray wolf populations.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • In the clip, Miyazaki seems neither outraged nor indignant, simply exhausted and annoyed.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The officers allow Eddie, indignant and disempowered by the search, to come in to help his son.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
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  • Martin’s work has taken on a furious pace in the past few months amid the Trump administration’s campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion protocols and health, welfare and Medicaid cuts that will fall hard on vulnerable Black Americans.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Leafs hatched a furious last-minute comeback to force overtime, only to lose 6-5 in a shootout to the Sharks, Toronto’s second such loss to San Jose this month.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • And the maddest thing of all is the AI Generator, who wants to marry her!
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Then, using his talents playing the lyre and singing psalms, David grew to be a supportive comfort to the possibly mad King Saul (Ali Suliman) as well as begin a romance with Saul’s daughter, Michal (Indy Lewis).
    Jim Halterman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
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  • Sitting in the visiting manager’s office at Yankee Stadium, Brewers manager Pat Murphy declined to go ballistic over the torpedo bats that blew up his pitching staff over the first three games of the season.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Prior to his painting, this transfer class, now called ballistic capture transfers, or weak stability boundary (WSB) transfers, did not exist, Belbruno said.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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