His sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : He always had a woebegone look on his face. From Dictionary.com.
I can still call his woebegone appearance to mind. From Wordnik.com. [My Life — Volume 1] Reference
Tallick's mien was .. "woebegone" is the only word for it. From Wordnik.com. [First Lensman]
Her woebegone expression struck right to his heart. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Miss Sarah very wisely gave no heed to the woebegone note. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
The lost, woebegone voice of a siren sounded out on the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursing Home Murder]
Indeed, Garry's soberness at that moment was almost woebegone. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
A husband brings his woebegone wife who has lost five children. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary] Reference
Lal stared at him, his woebegone face still smeared with tears. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
Penny looked at Ellie, woebegone and clearly imagining the worst. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
"O-o-o-oh!" mimicked their aunt, amused at their woebegone faces. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference
Discomfited, woebegone, and drunk, they were landed under a guard. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
Mary opened the door for her, and Denys was struck by her woebegone, weary face. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
And, lo! before many days I am startled by hearing Lucia sing — woebegone Lucia. From Wordnik.com. [Working With the Working Woman] Reference
She was so absorbed that she almost fell over the woebegone little figure on the step. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Big Front Door] Reference
"Just about as many as there are from New York," replied Haines, with a woebegone look. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
The girl of the Red Mill heard the speech of the stranger and noted her woebegone accent. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
To-day the player sits disconsolate and looks woebegone when glancing at his royal flush. From Wordnik.com. [A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel] Reference
J----, woebegone, crestfallen and disheartened, with a letter of apology and explanation. From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
She turned woebegone ill-focused eyes on me, and it was difficult to regard her as a threat. From Wordnik.com. [The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza]
Odysseus can hardly restrain his tears at seeing his father looking so old and so woebegone. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
Master Cherix shook his head in sympathy, woebegone that the constables had acted so wrongly. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
His twitchings exhausted him till he lay, breathless and woebegone, waiting for the next spasm. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Flies]
She cried herself to sleep that night and in the morning came down with a woebegone face indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
The usually homelike apartment had taken on a most woebegone appearance since the previous night. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
He had a woebegone look about him that was infectious -- made you want to weep for him or with him. From Wordnik.com. [32 Caliber] Reference
Hilary came in with Mrs. Forrester and Cressida, who was en negligée and looked beautiful but woebegone. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
He seemed so woebegone, his great brown eyes pleaded so earnestly, that she could only pity and fondle him. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
He stroked her forehead, and, with a woebegone expression on his face, asked if she needed anything? anything?. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
I had not the least notion what was going to happen, or what horrors that woebegone-looking dwelling contained. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Alick stared through the window out to sea, with an equally woebegone face with that of his companion in misery. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
When we brought Casey home from the pound 11 years ago, he looked so woebegone that we learned the word lugubrious. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Orlins: Is my Dog Bored? Worrywart Wonders] Reference
He's now heading into his third season with the lowly Clippers, perhaps the most woebegone franchise in the league. From Wordnik.com. [Baron Davis Gang Documentary Vies For Emmy] Reference
Seeing their ploy about to fail, both children burst into tears, and the waif looked painfully woebegone as she wailed. From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
But presently I was aware of heroic efforts to stifle the sobs and stay the tears, and then I heard a most woebegone voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
"Bleeding him!" cried the false duke, angrily, glowering upon the impassive and woebegone countenance of the medical attendant. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Near the couple, in a shadow, sat a woebegone looking man who had been holding a book so close to his eyes as to conceal his face. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Three of these four teams are playoff contenders — step aside, woebegone Bills — so what happens if the Jets start the season 2-2?. From Wordnik.com. [When Rex Talks, the Jets Listen] Reference
They just looked like ordinary kids, not streetwise like the ones on Forty-second, not as woebegone as their circumstances would warrant. From Wordnik.com. [A Dance at the Slaughterhouse.html]
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