anorexic

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Recent Examples of anorexic Her oldest daughter, Sadie, 26, speaks up when her mom’s anorexic behaviors flare. 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 See all Example Sentences for anorexic 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anorexic
Adjective
  • Severely malnourished children are emaciated and typically lethargic or even unconscious, have cold hands, a rapid pulse, low blood pressure, and may be close to dying.
    ByElizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Macy was found emaciated and struggling to survive.
    Stephanie McBee, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • The hostages appeared gaunt in the disturbing black-and-white footage.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The piece, The Frugal Meal, depicts a gaunt couple at a dinner table before an empty bowl, a small loaf of bread and a bottle of wine.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Another detailed the development of the human skeleton, uncovering cells critical to understanding arthritis and other skeletal disorders.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Additional skeletal remains in the possession of the University of Wisconsin were found to match the skull, however, leading to more evidence.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.
    Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Carboni is a lanky, left-footed forward with a clean touch, and more importantly, the blessing of Messi.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
  • The lanky lefty limited the Yankees to one run over six innings and improved to 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three career starts against them.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
Adjective
  • Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Common visitors to feeders for both seed and suet, these birds gather in flocks in weedy fields, roadsides, brushy patches and backyards.
    Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Both have spindly legs, two working rotary knobs on the front for volume and channels and a power button on top.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Anyone visiting the park will want to see the spindly hoodoos, striated in red, gold, and white.
    Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024

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