haggard

Example Sentences

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There’s Jay, looking a little haggard from the years of his life he has spent listening to these schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

But in 2024, the South American country produced only about one percent of the world's total crude output, said OPEC, its industry left haggard by years of underinvestment, mismanagement and US sanctions.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

He remembers seeing some haggard making-of footage of himself in post-production on “Ghost of Mars” in 2001 and thinking: Oh my God, this guy is in trouble.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

"I did the one pair of wheels - I will say they're absolutely haggard," he laughed.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Sometimes he would knock on my door late at night, looking haggard and wild-eyed and more rumpled than usual, mumbling, “Lemme in, old man, you gotta help me, Marion’s on the warpath....”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt