emaciate
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Her cheeks were pale and emaciate, and her forced smile only proclaimed more loudly the grief which was consuming her heart.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
I cherished her reproach like physic-wine, For I saw in that emaciate shape of bitterness and bleakness A nobler soul than mine.
From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
The king, pale, emaciate, and with death staring him in the face, was bolstered in his bed.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
His fragile form was almost feminine in its proportions, but an eagle eye calmly reposed in his pallid and emaciate countenance.
From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
His step became feeble, his form emaciate, his countenance haggard.
From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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