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
Manhattan's sensitive transportation, from scabby subways to rachitic taxicabs, were strained to the limit.
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
The only power a President had in that emergency was to ring a gong, then wait while workmen hurried to the basement and jiggled the rachitic machinery back into motion.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have also met persons who claim to have been cured of rachitic troubles in their youth by eating a puppy dog cooked in a saucepan.
From Old Calabria by Norman Douglas
