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

Indeed, Mrs. Errington's freshness and bloom were in singular opposition to Castalia's sallow haggardness, and made the elder lady look doubly buxom and buoyant by the force of contrast.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

When Blake and his wife came to breakfast, Ashton was so cheerful that they hardly noticed the traces of haggardness that yet lingered in his face.

From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George

And in the morning when I arose, and looked into the glass, I was startled at the haggardness of my own face.

From The Haunted Homestead A Novel by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte