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

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

In going down-stairs I came upon him, sitting upon one of the steps as if exhausted, and when he turned his face upward, its pallor and haggardness startled me.

From Esmeralda by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Under the electric light at the dinner-table his haggardness was revealed.

From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine