emaciated
Example Sentences
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She also had been been separated from her mother and was severely emaciated and in critical condition when she was found on the side of a road.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
An emaciated and apparently blind man stands in the snow at the Nazi concentration camp of Flossenbuerg: the image seems real at first but is part of a wave of AI-generated content about the Holocaust.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
“Many of the surviving horses were visibly emaciated and in poor health and would not have survived without intervention,” according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
Another woman said her husband looked emaciated when she saw him inside.
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
Before him lay a weak, emaciated man who, nonetheless, cheerfully greeted him.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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