emaciated

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One almost forgot his wine or that the boat and her wheels had stopped; might have quite forgotten had not certain sounds, starting in full volume from the lower deck but arriving under the cabin floor faint and wasted--emaciated, as you might say--stolen up and in.

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  1. having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin; as, emaciated bony hands.

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  1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

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  • Another female dog appeared to be extremely emaciated, and was caged with six puppies that were covered in feces, police said. —  clickorlando.com - Local News
  • At that time, Denyse was in the pediatric hospital, emaciated, almost skeletal from AIDS. —  (BLOG) RED
  • Others were emaciated, asphyxiated, piled into carts and dumped into ravines. —  theTrumpet.com: Front Page
  • One almost forgot his wine or that the boat and her wheels had stopped; might have quite forgotten had not certain sounds, starting in full volume from the lower deck but arriving under the cabin floor faint and wasted--emaciated, as you might say--stolen up and in. —  Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi
  • Against the eternal snows which close in the lake the phantom hovered in a ghastly relief--emaciated, with matted hair, and purpled cheeks, and eyes--not to be borne!--expressing the dumb anger of a man, still young, who parts unwillingly from life in a last lonely spasm of uncomforted pain XXIII It was midnight in the little inn at Charnex. —  Lady Rose's Daughter
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