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gaunt

[gawnt] / gɔnt /


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Nitibhon, a Thai supermodel, plays her tycoon as comically drab, keeping her gaunt cheeks slack to emphasize her character’s hollowness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

The pressure he felt at Merrill made him look even more gaunt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Other prisoners have appeared gaunt and almost unrecognisable.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

Meet “Ozempic face,” the extremely tactful name for a set of cosmetic side effects that includes sagging skin, sunken eyes, thin lips, deeper wrinkles, and a more gaunt appearance.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

The episode of paralysis leaves him gaunt, weaker than ever, drained of life.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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