Shortly thereafter, Antiochus was struck with an incurable disease in his bowels and worms bred so fast in his body that whole streaks of his flesh sometimes dropped from him.
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Streaks
Synonyms for "streaks" (16 found)
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12 entriescolor streaklosing streakpaint streakstreak acrossstreak colorstreak downstreak of colorstreak platestreak teststreak throughstreaking patternwinning streak
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Marilla was a tall, thin woman, with angles and without curves; her dark hair showed some gray streaks and was always twisted up in a hard little knot behind with two wire hairpins stuck aggressively through it.
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The last red streaks had faded away in the west and night had settled upon the moor. A few faint stars were gleaming in a violet sky.
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The calm waters of Willoughby Bay reflected the early afternoon sunlight in a thousand silver streaks.
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