as in gaunt
dry and wrinkled usually because of old age
the old man's wizened face
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Adjective
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The face that looked back at her in the rearview mirror was gaunt, her skin pale around glassy hazel eyes.—
Glenn E. Rice,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2025 -
Gone is the gaunt, skeletal vampire of the 1922 film, replaced by a larger, more intimidating, master of the undead with a mustache and deep voice.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.—
Greg Jackson,
The New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2024
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These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Her attacks often left behind nothing but chilling remnants—torn garments, skeletal remains and the haunting echoes of her roars.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The discovery of human remains in Taylorsville, North Carolina, is one of several recent incidents across the U.S. where skeletal remains have been found in remote or unexpected locations.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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However, Assad’s army withered away with hardly a shot being fired in anger, or in Assad’s defense.—
Daniel Markind,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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But the defense surrendered a touchdown on the first drive and withered at critical junctures.—
Jesse Temple,
The Athletic,
24 Nov. 2024
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