rachitic
Example Sentences
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A sequence of rachitic little drawings by Tracey Emin – whose monoprints are so ubiquitous as to have become museum wallpaper – cannot compete with those of her heroine, Louise Bourgeois.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2012
In an industry that lost $200 million on passenger service in 1968, horror stories of unconscionable service and rachitic equipment are a valuable asset.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man who brought the Royal Canadian Navy up from rachitic infancy to lusty manhood headed this week across the Atlantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Short in stature, rachitic in boyhood, Adler was fascinated from youth on by the power of the human will as an antidote to physical defects.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a weedy, unhealthy-looking man, weakly of frame, rachitic, undersized, with spindle-shanks, and a countenance that was almost grotesque, with its protruding jaw, gaping mouth, great, doglike eyes, and yellow tuft of beard.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael
