How to Use anorexic in a Sentence

anorexic

adjective
  • No natives who could become anorexic or be killed in a car accident.
    Tama Janowitz, Town & Country, 28 June 2017
  • To the Bone introduces viewers to Kendra, a young black woman who's bulimic and plus-sized, and Luke, an anorexic ballet dancer.
    Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
  • To the Bone: Dramedy about an unruly 20-year-old anorexic girl who goes to a group home for youths led by a non-traditional doctor.
    Daily News, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Barbara (who was anorexic her entire life) was the more free-spending of the two—buying mansions, strings of polo ponies, and precious jewels.
    Stephanie Mansfield, Town & Country, 26 Apr. 2017
  • An anorexic sister metamorphoses into an eel, a twin reincarnates as a fox, a dead young man is a revenant dripping newly lethal language.
    Hermione Hoby, New York Times, 26 May 2017
  • Despite the eating-disorder stereotypes often depicted in movies and on TV — the overweight binge eater and frail anorexic — sufferers come in all shapes, colors, and sizes, and sometimes, with no discernible signs of internal struggle.
    Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 21 July 2017
  • Staff kept incomplete records on another, anorexic resident at risk for dehydration, the citation said.
    Cara Rosner, courant.com, 9 June 2017
  • However, the major risks are encountered when the FMD is combined with drugs and especially insulin or similar drugs or is used by elderly, frail, pregnant or anorexic individuals.
    Laura Landro, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2017
  • No natives who could become anorexic or be killed in a car accident.
    Tama Janowitz, Town & Country, 28 June 2017
  • To the Bone introduces viewers to Kendra, a young black woman who's bulimic and plus-sized, and Luke, an anorexic ballet dancer.
    Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
  • To the Bone: Dramedy about an unruly 20-year-old anorexic girl who goes to a group home for youths led by a non-traditional doctor.
    Daily News, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Barbara (who was anorexic her entire life) was the more free-spending of the two—buying mansions, strings of polo ponies, and precious jewels.
    Stephanie Mansfield, Town & Country, 26 Apr. 2017
  • An anorexic sister metamorphoses into an eel, a twin reincarnates as a fox, a dead young man is a revenant dripping newly lethal language.
    Hermione Hoby, New York Times, 26 May 2017
  • Despite the eating-disorder stereotypes often depicted in movies and on TV — the overweight binge eater and frail anorexic — sufferers come in all shapes, colors, and sizes, and sometimes, with no discernible signs of internal struggle.
    Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 21 July 2017
  • Staff kept incomplete records on another, anorexic resident at risk for dehydration, the citation said.
    Cara Rosner, courant.com, 9 June 2017
  • However, the major risks are encountered when the FMD is combined with drugs and especially insulin or similar drugs or is used by elderly, frail, pregnant or anorexic individuals.
    Laura Landro, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2017

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