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Definition
very thin and bony — often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone
- Eragon hardly recognized Elain; her face was gaunt, and she had dark rings under her wandering eyes, which seemed incapable of focusing.9 — Rudely into the Light (73% in)
- In the flat, ice-blue glare of Eragon's spell, Roran appeared gaunt, his eyes surrounded by bruised shadows, and his lips a purplish color, as if stained with the juice from berries.3 — Shadows on the Horizon (5% in)
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