emaciate

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As the fugitives from France, emaciate, pale, and woe-stricken, with tattered and dusty garb, recited in England, Switzerland, and Germany the horrid story of the massacre, the hearts of their auditors were frozen with horror.

From Henry IV, Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

In this foremost of tirthas of the Sarasvati, O king, he began to emaciate his own body by means of vows and fasts with fixed resolve.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Chisca, the chieftain, was far advanced in years, a feeble, emaciate old man of very diminutive stature.

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

His bountiful and generous nature could profit by a spell of training that would emaciate a poorer stock. 

From Robert Louis Stevenson by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

Did it struggle frail and frailer to a beam emaciate?

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas