haggardness

Example Sentences

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Was he embodying the inner haggardness of the nation, stuck at home for months?

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2020

Doreen didn’t look much better, but the exuberance of her entry was enough to overshadow any haggardness.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

Washing, shaving, turning up his mustache with the little curling tongs, he observed with self-pity his increasing haggardness.

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

She half started backward, moved by a new sense of the haggardness of his face.

From "Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame" by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

There was a haggardness in those features, a melancholy in the dark blue eyes, George did not like to see.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry