gauntness

Example Sentences

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But catch his cameo in "Satyricon"; you’ll see the haunted gauntness in his eyes and know that, for two decades, he was also killing himself with food.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

In lieu of the rugged cowboy Mr. Avedon shot an out-of-work busboy in Provo, Utah, jeans cinched against his gauntness.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Nadia catches a glimpse of her body in the mirror in the London mansion, unfamiliar in its gauntness and hairier than she’d like.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2017

His features were familiar, but they lacked the compelling gauntness or the special light in the eyes that had transfixed a generation of bobbysoxers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2016

Almost all the boys were thin, some past the point of gauntness, with spindly shanks and arms like twigs.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin