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Recent Examples of anorexic
Her oldest daughter, Sadie, 26, speaks up when her mom’s anorexic behaviors flare.
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Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 28 Dec. 2019
His team has previously found cancer patients with an anorexic and muscle-wasting syndrome called cachexia also have high blood levels of GDF15.
—Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
His treatment for anorexic girls involved sitting the whole family down for lunch and urging the parents to use all means to get their daughters to eat.
—Faye Fiore, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
Yet the building itself is almost anorexic in its proportions, with 13 floors soaring over a lot barely 30 feet wide.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
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Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 28 Dec. 2019
His team has previously found cancer patients with an anorexic and muscle-wasting syndrome called cachexia also have high blood levels of GDF15.
—Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
His treatment for anorexic girls involved sitting the whole family down for lunch and urging the parents to use all means to get their daughters to eat.
—Faye Fiore, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
Yet the building itself is almost anorexic in its proportions, with 13 floors soaring over a lot barely 30 feet wide.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anorexic
Adjective
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The emaciated boy, whose wrists and ankles were duct taped together, was seen on a Ring camera begging a neighbor for help.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Over the rounds of hostage releases, male captives have generally appeared more emaciated than the women, suggesting the men were worse fed.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Certain players, without their hair, could appear gaunt and impotent.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The gaunt appearance of three prisoners released last weekend has raised concerns about the physical condition of those still in captivity.—
Michael Collins,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Two months later, in December of 2008, a meter reader found Caylee’s skeletal remains less than a mile from Casey’s parents house.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sure, there are skeletal representations and renderings of what Earth was like millions of years ago.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a slight Francis Bacon aspect to them, poetic but at the same time incontrovertibly real, depicting every distorted limb, every haggard face and emaciated body, every wound and scar.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Nobody could have given this song so much haggard soul.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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In the middle is Toledo, 32, lanky and thoughtful as always, with an N95 mask and long hair hiding much of his face.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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Porter has a similar lanky stature to Douglas, and Douglas is eager to teach, giving Porter a chance to learn a lot from Douglas in one year together.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Then, prune overgrown trees and shrubs, trim tall grasses and weedy areas, mow regularly to keep your lawn cut close, and consider calling a chimney sweep to clean out your chimney.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
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These fish also love weedy areas, which can be a challenge to fish with a plug that has two or three treble hooks hanging off the belly.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Plus, the kid isn’t dead either, as his flailing pale self that looks on the verge of the cadaverous pops out of the trunk Jack shoves him in.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Sep. 2024
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Moreover, keeping the cadaverous Biden in the White House is a daily reminder to the American people of the feebleness and anemia of the Democratic Party, which taints Harris by association.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
23 July 2024
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Two dense clusters of the spindly florals become a bikini-tie top, worn with an open-front catsuit that looks like it was drawn directly onto the models body.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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Listing photos suggest even the décor is unchanged: spindly furniture, oil paintings, and, in that dining room, the kind of plush fabric wall coverings that entice curious fingertips in the decorative wing of the Met.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
29 July 2024
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“Anorexic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anorexic. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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