Both Uses of
gaunt
in
War and Peace
- Bagration, a gaunt middle-aged man of medium height with a firm, impassive face of Oriental type, came out after the commander in chief.†
Chpt 2 *
- The old men, dim-eyed, toothless, bald, sallow, and bloated, or gaunt and wrinkled, were especially striking.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(gaunt) very thin and bony -- often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone