All 6 Uses of
gaunt
in
The Fountainhead
- It had high cheekbones over gaunt, hollow cheeks; gray eyes, cold and steady; a contemptuous mouth, shut tight, the mouth of an executioner or a saint.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- She stood looking after him through the screen door, watching his gaunt figure move across the rigid neatness of her parlor.†
Chpt 1.1
- She saw his mouth and the silent contempt in the shape of his mouth; the planes of his gaunt, hollow cheeks; the cold, pure brilliance of the eyes that had no trace of pity.†
Chpt 2.1
- A gaunt young man stood on the threshold; he had disheveled hair, a strong mouth with a square lower lip, and the most expressive eyes that Roark had ever seen.†
Chpt 2.11
- The man was tall and gaunt and had orange hair.†
Chpt 4.1
- He saw Roark's figure for an instant, straight and gaunt against the angle of two glass panes behind the desk, then Roark sat down facing him.†
Chpt 4.8
Definition:
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(gaunt) very thin and bony -- often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone