rail-thin

The experience of Washington Pereira Ramos, a rail-thin 40-year-old user with sunken cheeks, underscores crack's pull.

Brazil's Emerging Market: Crack John Lyons 2012

The team's second-leading scorer, G Devin Gibson, returns after averaging 12.5 points per game, and there is a good long-term building block in the rail-thin freshman shooting guard Melvin Johnson III (6-5, 165), who was named the Southland Conference Freshman of the Year.

Southland Conference 2010

My friend, 67 years old and rail-thin from battling cancer, had trudged up a steep timbered hill, sat most of the day, shot a tremendous buck, then made the long hike back to camp.

Melancholy Milestone 2009

I look at these rail-thin men on the street and I wonder, how could I lay in bed next to something as small as that?

George Heymont: The Irrationality of Love and Art George Heymont 2011

Masaaki Shirakawa , the BOJ's bookish, rail-thin governor, is on an unapologetic campaign to make a case that might surprise his detractors: The Japanese central bank is in fact a misunderstood pioneer of innovative monetary policies meant to combat price deflation, such as near-zero interest rates and aggressive securities purchases, that other big central banks now are trying.

Japan's Bernanke Hits Out at His Critics in the West Jon Hilsenrath 2011

Now my two sons are three and seven years old, inquisitive, rambunctious, and rail-thin.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

Photos: Understanding The Sadhu's Mysteries Sadhus, the holy men of northern India and Nepal, have long beards, matted hair and rail-thin bodies, frequently brightly painted and garbed in a loincloth — if that.

When a Holy Man's Skin Is the Canvas 2011

At 6-foot-4 and rail-thin, he strolled through the midfield sporting his trademark beard and headband.

Remembering Brazil's Soccer Philosopher King Gabriele Marcotti 2011

He had the tall, rail-thin frame of a competitive long-distance runner and the combative eyes of a cage fighter.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

I look at these rail-thin men on the street and I wonder, how could I lay in bed next to something as small as that?

George Heymont: The Irrationality of Love and Art George Heymont 2011