All 5 Uses of
haggard
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- This time, a pair of haggard eyes had looked at the questioner, before the face had dropped again.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- Some minutes of silent work had passed: and the haggard eyes had looked up again: not with any interest or curiosity, but with a dull mechanical perception, beforehand, that the spot where the only visitor they were aware of had stood, was not yet empty.†
Chpt 1.6
- His haggard eyes turned to Defarge as if he would have transferred the question to him: but as no help came from that quarter, they turned back on the questioner when they had sought the ground.†
Chpt 1.6
- He had laid aside his coat and waistcoat; his shirt was open at the throat, as it used to be when he did that work; and even the old haggard, faded surface of face had come back to him.†
Chpt 2.18
- Haggard Saint Antoine had had only one exultant week, in which to soften his modicum of hard and bitter bread to such extent as he could, with the relish of fraternal embraces and congratulations, when Madame Defarge sat at her counter, as usual, presiding over the customers.†
Chpt 2.22
Definition:
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(haggard) showing the wearing effects of overwork or suffering