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Meanings of shrunken figure in English

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Usage of shrunken figure in English
1
But on the reverse, a pimply shrunken figure emerged from the bath.
Nonsenseorship
2
Until recently, Tom Watson was a shrunken figure in every sense.
The Guardian
3
A small shrunken figure with bandaged head and hands was sitting in an arm-chair.
Red Pottage
4
A man was standing in the corridor, a small, shrunken figure, bent and old.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
5
His eyes were fixed on the pale shrunken figure that bent above the judge's desk.
The Just and the Unjust
6
His shrunken figure, badly cared for, gave one the impression that he was an old man.
A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I
7
Contrasted as he now was with the shrunken figure of the spirit-broken stranger, he looked almost sublime.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
8
This time Zedekiah sat alone on his platform, a hopeless, shrunken figure, the mockery of a king.
Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)
9
His shrunken figure, so badly cared for, gave one the impression that he was an old man.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4
10
As the two searchers are about to withdraw, the shrunken figure of a woman rushes wildly into the pit.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
11
The eyes alone seemed to live, and the shrunken figure, huddled in many shawls, gave an impression of patriarchal age.
Sister Teresa
12
And yet there was a kind of fascination about that bent and shrunken figure, those feeble movements, and shuffling gait.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
13
Anna regarded her pitifully-thesmall shrunken figure and sunken chest, and the thin white face with its halo of red curls.
Herb of Grace
14
It was hunger that was driving him, the importunate hunger of many months, apparent in his lean face and shrunken figure.
The Divine Fire
15
His tattered garments, his lean, shrunken figure, his glassy eyes, and pale, haggard face, cause her to shrink back in fright.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
16
The shrunken figure, weighing so little that it was terrifying to lift it, was wrapped warmly, and put in an invalid chair.
The Conflict
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