hollow-eyed
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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
School district lawyers, contrary to popular belief and Disney Channel sitcoms are not hollow-eyed pencil pushers, who live to squelch liberty and creativity in red tape and regulation.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2022
At the Minsk airport, Iraqi families slumped hollow-eyed in seats as the plane was delayed several hours.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2021
Over the past year, the more my world shrank, and the gap between the sunset cruisers and the hollow-eyed homebound grew, the more I needed Influencers in the Wild.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2021
While still in the Illustrian Quarter, I pass a large glass display of saddles and bridles and stop short, startled at my own reflection, at the haunted, hollow-eyed creature looking back at me.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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