hollow-eyed
Example Sentences
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The pictures show a pallid, hollow-eyed man, resembling Poe, who’s sitting by the fire in his dressing gown when there comes a gentle “rapping, rapping” at the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
At the Minsk airport, Iraqi families slumped hollow-eyed in seats as the plane was delayed several hours.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2021
Republican Richard Nixon, who had been sick and in the hospital, looked hollow-eyed and had a five o’clock shadow.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2020
They also don’t serve the dramatic tension that Holland establishes in Ukraine, a land of bright snow, inky shadows and scarily hollow-eyed children.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2020
They were hollow-eyed men who couldn’t believe their luck Two or three of them, then five or six.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
