dejected look
Example Sentences
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In “Father of the Bride,” however, the powerful reds and yellows have a dejected look, like popped party balloons, pushed to the painting’s bottom and sides.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
Moments later, he pulled back into the car with a dejected look on his face.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
“The one thing I’ll always remember is the dejected look on Ivana’s face in the dressing room. I thought how horrible, that he would treat her in this way.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2019
My son has Asperger’s, and I too have experienced that dejected look on my child’s face, telling me he is all alone.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2014
She had a dejected look on her smooth, coffee-colored face.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
