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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

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

Such archness is kind of reassuring, especially given Vivian’s gallows gauntness and pallor.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2012

Almost all the boys were thin, some past the point of gauntness, with spindly shanks and arms like twigs.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin