emaciate

The features become sharper, and sometimes the whole body begins to emaciate, while the pulse quickens.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Charles Knowlton

The body continues to emaciate, even with plenty of food and a good appetite, so that the quantity of milk is small.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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 John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

If this best of men, Jaya, my sire, does not rise up, I shall emaciate my own body, sitting on the field of battle.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

His step became feeble, his form emaciate, his countenance haggard.

From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

"It helped the story to see an emaciated body. With Reuben, I just wanted to feel the character in the body and feel physically imposing opposite Jamie."

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

She also had been been separated from her mother and was severely emaciated and in critical condition when she was found on the side of a road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Foot-and-mouth causes fever and blisters near the hoof and in the mouth that prevent animals from feeding, as seen in the emaciated survivors.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

The image was of two emaciated, impoverished South Asian children.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

It was emaciated and bedraggled, with a few shredded orange feathers along its arms.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

All those terrible yellow toxins, wizening his knees, slackening his tendons, emaciating his calves.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2011

The agitators proclaim that their number in Parliament has diminished, and that they have lost cities and counties, because the constituency has decreased under the "emaciating influence of the registration law."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various

A lipoma, or fatty tumor, in the subcutaneous tissue, may go on increasing to huge bulk while the body is steadily emaciating.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

That their plunge might stimulate Methuen to burn his boots and brave the turgid waters of the Modder, was the fervent wish of Kimberley at the end of fourteen weeks of irksome, emaciating duress.

From The Siege of Kimberley by T. Phelan

After an emaciating period he began once more to stouten.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett