haggardness

Example Sentences

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Was he embodying the inner haggardness of the nation, stuck at home for months?

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2020

Doreen didn’t look much better, but the exuberance of her entry was enough to overshadow any haggardness.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

And then, as though the haggardness of his young face was too much for her, she came closer to him, and laid her head on his shoulder.

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

She half started backward, moved by a new sense of the haggardness of his face.

From "Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame" by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

The hidden fires which had given Sir Gerald a certain haggardness of aspect, as though a sculptor had hewed him roughly in marble, had never burned in Sir Denis's breast.

From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine