Sentence examples for were gaunt from inspiring English sources
adjective
Lean, angular and bony
The boys' faces were gaunt".
Many were glassy-eyed and a few were gaunt, showing signs of addiction.
"After two days," writes journalist Jonathan Franklin, who reported the rescue mission, Operation San Lorenzo (in homage to St Lorenzo, the patron saint of miners), from beginning to end, "their bodies were beginning to shrivel and their faces were gaunt as their energy began to ebb.
And it was…even within the community, you know, you would see people you hadn't seen in a while, and they were gaunt.
They were gaunt, minimal, stark things, records that were about the stock exchange and the holy trinity of caviar, champagne, and backseat blowjobs.
Her cheeks were gaunt, the black eye-liner was thick, the bone earring was in place, as was a skull ring, ditto old black ankle boots with rundown heels, (maybe more Dylan in the footwear department... what with the price of snakeskin, even then).
He was gaunt, restless, and deeply paranoid.
He was gaunt, and unusually quiet.
Her face is gaunt, her arms bony.
He is gaunt, distracted, nervously twitching.
