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She was described as gaunt, with dark rings under her eyes and the worst case of head lice an expert had seen in her 30-year career.

From BBC

Her gaunt face and emaciated body, ravaged by the eating disorder, was featured on billboards and in newspapers during Milan fashion week.

From BBC

If you know anything about Burton’s movies, you know that they tend to feature characters who embody all the qualities of a sickly Victorian-era child: waifish, sunken doe-eye and gaunt faces with a deathlike pallor.

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A video filmed on the day of his release shows a gaunt figure.

From BBC

A mouse stood there: tall, gray, gaunt, very upright.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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