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
“How’s it going?” he asked the hollow-eyed face on the screen.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
At the Minsk airport, Iraqi families slumped hollow-eyed in seats as the plane was delayed several hours.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2021
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 drove through a village that was empty but for a few hollow-eyed beggars lurking in the abandoned market street.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
