haggard

Example Sentences

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But in 2024, the South American country produced only about one percent of the world's total crude output, said OPEC, its industry left haggard by years of underinvestment, mismanagement and US sanctions.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Footage of the Palestinian detainees being released into Gaza, wearing gray prison sweatsuits, shows them looking haggard and thinner compared with photos taken before they were detained.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

"I did the one pair of wheels - I will say they're absolutely haggard," he laughed.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

He wore the haggard shell-shocked expression everyone wears after leaving transit.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

Jorge had one blind askew eye and poor vision in the other, he was bald, limping noticeably, haggard and frail and crotchety.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols