emaciate
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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)
Napoleon was pale and emaciate from the toils of his batteries at Toulon, and from his sleepless exertions in fortifying the coast.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
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
And men and dog alike seemed direly thin and emaciate.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery
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)
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