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

A gleam of gratified slyness lit up the haggardness of Northwick's face.

From The Quality of Mercy by Howells, William Dean

Extreme beauty of their limbs; slender ankles and statuesque feet; haggardness of expression and ugliness of features.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith

There remained a whiteness, a blank, a haggardness.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie