JAUNDICED in a Sentence

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Because Sue disliked Carolyn, she looked at Carolyn's paintings with a jaundiced eye, calling them formless smears.

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 Meanings and Examples of JAUNDICED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
jaundiced
 a.  prejudiced; affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin; yellow or yellowish
Classic Sentence:
1  Men who look on nature, and their fellow-men, and cry that all is dark and gloomy, are in the right; but the sombre colours are reflections from their own jaundiced eyes and hearts.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
2  One of these was of weak mind, and we did not dare to trust him, and the other was suffering from jaundice, and could not be of any use to us.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
Example Sentence:
1  He seems to have/take a very jaundiced view of life.
2  He has a very jaundiced view of the world.
3  She viewed politics and politicians with a jaundiced eye.
4  After his experience in jail , he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.
5  Because Sue disliked Carolyn, she looked at Carolyn's paintings with a jaundiced eye, calling them formless smears.