emaciate

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As the fugitives from France, emaciate, pale, and woe-stricken, with tattered and dusty garb, recited in England, Switzerland, and Germany the horrid story of the massacre, the hearts of their auditors were frozen with horror.

From Henry IV, Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Continuing to emaciate her body with austere penances, she devoted herself to the worship of the pitris and the gods in that solitary forest.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

The king, pale, emaciate, and with death staring him in the face, was bolstered in his bed.

From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Napoleon was pale and emaciate from the toils of his batteries at Toulon, and from his sleepless exertions in fortifying the coast.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

On the following morning the Austrian army, emaciate, humiliated, and dejected, defiled from the gates of Mantua to throw down their arms at the feet of the triumphant Republicans.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)