The gaunt policeman had a bolt-action rifle slung over one shoulder.

I approached and knocked at the door, which was instantly opened by a tall, gaunt woman with a harsh, forbidding face.

We had to run the gauntlet of entrenched defenders.

Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.

Will you be able to pick up the gauntlet?

The shattered oars start forth; / round swings the prow, and lets the waters sweep / the broadside. Onward comes a mountain heap / of billows, gaunt, abrupt.

Tom was gaunt when they found him.

I recoiled when I saw how gaunt she had become.

Will she be able to pick up the gauntlet?