Adjective : the haggard faces of the tired troops. ,haggard eyes. From Dictionary.com.
"haggardness," this "coarseness," &c., &c., for the list is too long to specify, be an accident, or a property, of the man of the people. From Wordnik.com. [Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography] Reference
The younger saw haggardness clad in a soiled coverall. From Wordnik.com. [A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows]
Despite the haggardness in his features, he spoke quietly. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen of Air and Darkness]
Oh well, at least my haggardness is not gratuitously induced. From Wordnik.com. [Bearing Witness: Hitting From Behind] Reference
There was a haggardness about him, his eyes sunken and his mouth tight. From Wordnik.com. [Knife of Dreams]
Matters could not be going well for Dylert - not with Brental's haggardness. From Wordnik.com. [The White Order]
There was a trace of haggardness in her face that told him she, too, had spent. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
Coffee and remnants of food bespoke what hours had passed; more so did haggardness and tension. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
In his folk, such lack of ceremony was as revealing of strain as haggardness and dark-rimmed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
Even in the uncertain light, Secca could see the circles under his eyes, and the haggardness in his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Sorceress]
Though for haggardness of expression and ugliness of feature they might have been taken for a band of Macbethian witches. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
His humor left him, revealing his premature haggardness. From Wordnik.com. [The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel] Reference
He is scarcely altered, save for a haggardness in his cheeks now. From Wordnik.com. [East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter] Reference
As the hearing progressed, the haggardness had slowly disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
She did not notice the haggardness of his face, nor the repetition of. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Gray] Reference
I was quite startled at the oldness and haggardness of his appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
"Ah!" said Blood, and Lord Julian marvelled at the sudden haggardness of. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Blood] Reference
Under the electric light at the dinner-table his haggardness was revealed. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Gray] Reference
Dion was struck again by the strong mentality of her and by her haggardness. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilderness] Reference
A shade of his usual ruddiness had come back; he was losing his haggardness. From Wordnik.com. [The Loudwater Mystery] Reference
But the very haggardness of her features accentuated her incapacity for deceit. From Wordnik.com. [The Substitute Prisoner] Reference
I will not say that my father's face, in all its dusty haggardness, was hopeless. From Wordnik.com. [The Jacket (Star-Rover)] Reference
For your viewing pleasure, I present haggardness, as personified by Mr. Lou Reed. From Wordnik.com. [Dealbreaker] Reference
The haggardness of some desperate illness changed his features and I grew frightened. From Wordnik.com. [The Belovéd Vagabond] Reference
He had been standing erect by the table, still with the smile toning his haggardness. From Wordnik.com. [The Seeker] Reference
The face was fine almost to haggardness; with long chin, delicate nose, and eager eyes, very shy. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference
Once or twice coming upon him suddenly she was positively startled by the haggardness of his look. From Wordnik.com. [The Lamp in the Desert] Reference
He stopped short just inside the door, struck by the pallor, the haggardness of his sister's face. From Wordnik.com. [From the Housetops] Reference
For many minutes Sara Wrandall watched the haggardness deepen in the face of the unconscious sleeper. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollow of Her Hand] Reference
Perhaps it was the blasts which increased the haggardness of aspect in the young man I have mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Maltravers — Complete] Reference
She was still pale to the point of haggardness, but with a light upon her that struck Anna with surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The Reef] Reference
The awful haggardness that gave something of character to the faces of the men was sheer ugliness in the poor women. From Wordnik.com. [Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East] Reference
The haggardness of Mrs. Linton's appearance smote him speechless, and he could only glance from her to me in horrified astonishment. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
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