All 4 Uses of
gaunt
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- His face was bloodstained and gaunt, twisted in pain yet rigid with defiance… 'You'll have to kill me,' whispered Sirius.†
Chpt 31 *
- Azkaban had hollowed Bellatrix Lestrange's face, making it gaunt and skull-like, but it was alive with a feverish, fanatical glow.†
Chpt 35
- 'Longbottom?' repeated Bellatrix, and a truly evil smile lit her gaunt face.†
Chpt 35
- Tall, thin and black-hooded, his terrible snakelike face white and gaunt, his scarlet, slit-pupilled eyes staring… Lord Voldemort had appeared in the middle of the hall, his wand pointing at Harry who stood frozen, quite unable to move.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(gaunt) very thin and bony -- often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone