look emaciated
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Used to describe the appearance of being extremely thin and weak.
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- After weeks of illness, the patient began to look emaciated.
- The stray dog we found on the street looked terribly emaciated.
- Photographs from the famine-stricken region showed children who looked emaciated.
- The rescued horses looked emaciated and were in desperate need of care.
- In the dim light of the dungeon, the prisoner looked gaunt and emaciated.
- He's lost so much weight; he's starting to look emaciated.
- If you continue to refuse food, you will soon look emaciated.
- Compared to his old photos, he now looks emaciated.
- The old hermit, who lived alone in the mountains, looked emaciated from his meager diet.
- It is a serious sign of illness when a person starts to look emaciated for no apparent reason.