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Well into his 70s, the gauntly handsome, gimlet-eyed centimillionaire rose near dawn to ride herd with his feudally loyal vaqueros, lassoing calves and searing them with the King Ranch's running-W brand.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the gauntly Gothic cathedral, past the huge monument of John Huss at the stake, rolled organ music.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its spraddle-legged landing gear hung gauntly from its snub-nosed body.

From Time Magazine Archive

But at the same time, Schuman never lost his quiet humanity nor his faith in men�qualities which distinguish him from the "Coco" doctrinaires of the Left and the gauntly pessimistic De Gaulle on the Right.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her obstetrician, Dr. Ashley, gauntly handsome in a Lord Mountbatten sort of way, with fine sand-colored hair swept back from his temples, arrives to examine her progress.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri