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But catch his cameo in "Satyricon"; you’ll see the haunted gauntness in his eyes and know that, for two decades, he was also killing himself with food.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

Nolan uses the natural sunken quality of Murphy’s cheeks to great effect in “Oppenheimer,” where his gauntness also conveys a mind that cannot stop racing as he considers all the terrifying outcomes of his deeds.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2024

In lieu of the rugged cowboy Mr. Avedon shot an out-of-work busboy in Provo, Utah, jeans cinched against his gauntness.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

His features were familiar, but they lacked the compelling gauntness or the special light in the eyes that had transfixed a generation of bobbysoxers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2016

He might have been handsome if not for a certain hungry gauntness and the way the lids of his eyes cloaked the top of each iris.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson