I am what the doctors call anaemic; a rather bloodless creature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference

Confederation said the recovery in the tourist industry was 'anaemic', and could take up to five years.    From Wordnik.com.  [RTÉ News] Reference

But yesterday, Paul Tucker, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, warned that any signs of growth would be "anaemic".    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England, yesterday warned that any improvement in the economy would be "anaemic".    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

And personalities are variously vivid and anaemic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenny] Reference

Prettier than her anaemic-looking son, at any rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moor]

She was a faded, anaemic little woman of over fifty.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Town Like Alice]

"The sound is thin, weak and anaemic," he complained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Radio review: The Wireless World of Gerry Wells] Reference

Hence any recovery is likely to be slow and anaemic at best.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deconstructing David Blanchflower] Reference

Weak, anaemic animals should receive blood and bitter tonics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

He was a blond, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Gatsby] Reference

Probably the anaemic little man hardly knew what it was to be too hot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference

A gaunt, anaemic southerner, who was with the party of idlers, spoke up.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference

Rotund and amiable, they prowled and fed among the anaemic flocks of greenfly.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Family and Other Animals]

Without sufficient iron, women become anaemic, especially if they are pregnant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

The higher temperature is used in the treatment of infants, nervous and anaemic persons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration] Reference

All of the lions and tigers were thin, anaemic and several had bed sores on their flanks.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Sung throughout in an anaemic, barked falsetto, with the bass very muddy and low in the mix.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fall] Reference

White-faced stenographers and anaemic clerks came from the dingy boarding-house districts to the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference

In anaemic women, the blood does not have enough iron in it, and is not able to carry enough oxygen to the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

You are certainly free to eat whatever you like but I have met very few vegetarians that didn't look anaemic to me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saving the planet one meal at a time] Reference

Major shareholders have reportedly been concerned by Profumo's fundraising strategy and an anaemic dividend policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [UniCredit boss resigns over Libyan row] Reference

WAYS TO PREVENT ANAEMIA: The best way for a woman to avoid severe anaemia is to not be anaemic when pregnancy starts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

Haemoglobin test: A test that indicates whether or not a woman is anaemic by measuring the amount of iron in her blood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 24] Reference

“Yes-yes-yes,” interjected Mrs. Gilbert, with an anaemic attempt to hide the immense interest with which she listened.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference

It was difficult to remember that she had begun as a woman; she was now a somewhat anaemic formula making for righteousness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path of a Star] Reference

We oozed snugly into two chairs at a minuscule corner table with our glasses and a plate of anaemic sandwiches from the bar.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]

Their hair was but half attended to, their ears anaemic in hue, and their shoes broken in leather and run down at heel and toe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sister Carrie] Reference

In the cold grey hours we glided into Dover or Folkestone (I was too anaemic to care which) and fastened up alongside the wharf.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bullets & Billets] Reference

Even if a woman is not anaemic, once she is pregnant she should take iron tablets regularly as prescribed by a trained health worker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

So does this mean we can look forward to a resumption of economic growth and, with it, a return to confidence in the anaemic stock market?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investing: Healthy profits highlight depth of last year's turmoil] Reference

Xenophobia is an on-going problem which government had addressed in an "anaemic sense", the SA Institute for Race Relations said on Friday.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He has begun bringing her out, suitors are turning up, and among others Perekuzov, an anaemic young man, timid but of excellent principles.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Month in the Country] Reference

I am overworked, that is all; and as my life of privation does not permit me to repair my forces, I have become anaemic; it is not serious.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference