Adjective, : a gaunt, windswept landscape. From Dictionary.com.
This morning, Lisa had commented on his new gauntness. From Wordnik.com. [Life Support] Reference
Courteous — amends for gauntness — takes her hand —. From Wordnik.com. [Idylls of the King] Reference
He turned back and looked at the gauntness of Peter Marlowe. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Despite a certain gauntness, the young man appeared composed. From Wordnik.com. [Soul] Reference
“Yet you are a lover to soften the heart with gauntness.”. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
He gave an unconvincing shrug, one that accentuated his gauntness. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
The gauntness of his finely boned face deepened her impression of solitude. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Doctor's Bride]
His gaze took in the state of her clothing, and the gauntness of her frame. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Fire]
Mat lay as if sleeping, but his face still had that hollow-cheeked gauntness. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Reborn]
She is as formidable as before, despite a distinct gauntness to her features. From Wordnik.com. [The Pacific: episode 10] Reference
He turned, and she saw shadows under his eyes, an unnerving gauntness in his face. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates] Reference
Each face, upon which the firelight fell, was hideous with the gauntness of hunger. From Wordnik.com. [The Smile of God] Reference
It showed a woman of mournfully beautiful gauntness, jacket draped over her shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Patti Smith by Joseph O'Connor] Reference
The still-shocked gauntness of their faces emphasized their likeness, plane by plane. From Wordnik.com. [A Share in Death] Reference
She looked more beautiful than ever, and the gauntness of her face seemed to suit her. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
But it is in the rooms upstairs that the gauntness of poverty really discloses itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Wigan Pier] Reference
He was thin, almost to the point of gauntness, and that merely accentuated his height. From Wordnik.com. [Break the Night]
He must have been in his thirties, though with his heroin-driven gauntness he could pass for 47. From Wordnik.com. [blog: November 2008] Reference
His gauntness had begun to look almost pathological, as if something vital had leaked out of him. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
If anything, her gauntness enhanced a pair of wonderful gray eyes, such as Jaan had in heritage from her. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
Her face was thin to the point of gauntness, and her black eyes enormous and bright with dangerous talent. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
There will be no great change required in his gauntness, in his pallor, in his coldness, and in his smell. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Wickersham, tall to gauntness in the moonlight, was coming across toward them from the direction of the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
Kenny knew by the flurried brightness of his eyes sunk deep in the yellowed gauntness of his face that he was drunk. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
They had in the end turned out to be decent folk despite their gauntness; indeed, they had helped her get her opals. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Her Panties]
Note the hollows under the eyes, the gauntness in her cheeks, the sharpness of her chin, and the pronounced nasolabial folds. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrities: Culture and Celebrity] Reference
Several Kins, ranging from almost normal physique to near-starvation gauntness, surrounded her and began an animated conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Teams A Terran Empire story] Reference
The gauntness of his face made her insides ache, and the dark circles ringing his eyes brought a moan surging up from deep inside her. From Wordnik.com. [Honorbound]
BAYH: It looks like the portrait of Dorian Gray, you know, all of his sins and misdeeds are coming back, and his gauntness, his grayness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2003] Reference
April, 1899, would be like complaining of the gauntness of a rosebush in. From Wordnik.com. [America To-day, Observations and Reflections] Reference
He was as tall as the pastor, and slender, but without the other's gauntness. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncalled A Novel] Reference
They were drawing near the mountains, whose gauntness seemed less when approached. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Mesa] Reference
His features, always inclined to gauntness, became even sharper and more pronounced. From Wordnik.com. [Round the Red Lamp] Reference
All this, however, was as nothing compared with the gauntness and emaciation of the man. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the "Esmeralda"] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.