gaunt
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As Alpha waits for the results of blood tests, she is startled by the sudden appearance of a gaunt, jittery stranger in their apartment.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The earl of Arundel’s tomb expresses the grim realities beneath the era’s facade of chivalry: Above, he is depicted resplendent in full armor; below, as a gaunt cadaver.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Other prisoners have appeared gaunt and almost unrecognisable.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
As prisoners exited a Red Cross bus in Ramallah, many draped in traditional Keffiyeh scarves, they looked pale and gaunt, with some struggling to walk.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025
From there he wasted very quickly to a lethargic little bundle of skin-covered bones and a gaunt, skin-covered skull.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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