gaunt

Example Sentences

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Located by the Journal, Hammani today is a gaunt 28-year-old serving in the security forces of Syria’s new government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Other prisoners have appeared gaunt and almost unrecognisable.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

His gaunt cheekbones just weren’t as obvious before.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

Meet “Ozempic face,” the extremely tactful name for a set of cosmetic side effects that includes sagging skin, sunken eyes, thin lips, deeper wrinkles, and a more gaunt appearance.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

He sat there now, wearing his small, black skullcap and pecking at the typewriter with his index fingers, a thin, frail man in his fifties, with gray hair, gaunt cheeks, and spectacles.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok