gaunt
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The pressure he felt at Merrill made him look even more gaunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
In the dock, Filipov, 36, cut a gaunt but muscular figure, twitching slightly like a boxer before a fight as he attempted to defuse awkward questions about his tattoos.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
Other prisoners have appeared gaunt and almost unrecognisable.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
Back in 2011, the writer-director was already tinkering with a version of the monster that resembled a blend of Iggy Pop and Boris Karloff with jagged sutures, gaunt wrinkles and a crushed nose.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
But one day, an old man arrived at school, wearing trousers with a mended patch near the knee, his face gaunt, his body bowed with the humility that poverty had forced on him.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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