gauntly
- a word derived from gaunt.
Example Sentences
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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
From the gauntly Gothic cathedral, past the huge monument of John Huss at the stake, rolled organ music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here he adopted a surrogate father named Hobbs, who was cynical, glamorously debauched, and gauntly full of death.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its spraddle-legged landing gear hung gauntly from its snub-nosed body.
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
