emaciate

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Mrs. Rowlandson had two children, a son and a daughter, by her side, and another daughter about six years of age, sick and emaciate, in her arms.

From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

But such a march as this, of woe-begone, emaciate, skeleton bands, is not to be counted as among war's pomps and glories.

From David Crockett His Life and Adventures by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The mental strain Threw him upon his bed, and there he lay Till Charles, from Italy in haste returning, Found his old sire emaciate and half dead From wounded honor.

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

At last he began to emaciate and look haggard.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles

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)