dejected look

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In “Father of the Bride,” however, the powerful reds and yellows have a dejected look, like popped party balloons, pushed to the painting’s bottom and sides.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

Moments later, he pulled back into the car with a dejected look on his face.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2021

“The one thing I’ll always remember is the dejected look on Ivana’s face in the dressing room. I thought how horrible, that he would treat her in this way.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2019

My son has Asperger’s, and I too have experienced that dejected look on my child’s face, telling me he is all alone.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2014

She had a dejected look on her smooth, coffee-colored face.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore