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Meanings of gaunt figures in English

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Usage of gaunt figures in English
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Advancing slowly towards him out from among the trees were two tall gaunt figures.
The War in the Air
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Streaming wounds mangled the gaunt figures and exposure had warped or split them along the grain.
A Time of Gifts
3
What are these two gaunt figures, and why are they permitted to be our constant followers?
Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold
4
It fell too on the gaunt figures of the gray wolves, but the silent and deadly circle did not stir.
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky
5
Each day, crowds of gaunt figures await the distribution team on Rama Street, at the northern edge of the camp.
The Guardian
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The meagre daylight peered in through the grated windows, and showed him the gaunt figures of the weavers bending over their cases.
A House of Pomegranates
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Even the village dogs snapped and bit at the gaunt figures, trembling for lack of food, and loss of sleep and blood.
Captain Macklin: His Memoirs
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Some of the cots were occupied by gaunt figures of men whom she had known, and at the end of their inspection, she remarked thoughtfully:
The Web of Life
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Stephen beckoned her to a store-room full of gaunt figures of armour upon blocks, and there brought up to her his extremely grimy new hand!
The Armourer's Prentices
10
Gaunt figures with pinched faces and staring wolfish eyes slunk about the camp ready to seize anything in the form of food.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
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