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gaunt

[gawnt] / gɔnt /


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The pressure he felt at Merrill made him look even more gaunt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 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

As prisoners exited a Red Cross bus in Ramallah, many draped in traditional Keffiyeh scarves, they were met by raucous cheers - but many looked pale and gaunt, with some struggling to walk.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

Mary Hanson, the parlor maid, answered and found a gaunt young man with a smooth-shaven face and close-cut black hair.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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