emaciated

Example Sentences

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The image was of two emaciated, impoverished South Asian children.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Officers searched him and found two emaciated and potentially sedated orange-fronted parakeets — the victims of an alleged botched smuggling attempt — stuffed in his underwear, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 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

Women woke at dawn to stand in endless lines where they could purchase an emaciated chicken, half a dozen diapers, or a roll of toilet paper.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende