All 6 Uses of
haggard
in
The War of the Worlds
- I startled my wife at the doorway, so haggard was I. I went into the dining room, sat down, drank some wine, and so soon as I could collect myself sufficiently I told her the things I had seen.†
Chpt 1.7
- I began to see his face, blackened and haggard, as no doubt mine was also.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- The faces of these people were haggard, and their entire appearance contrasted conspicuously with the Sabbath-best appearance of the people on the omnibuses.†
Chpt 1.14
- For the most part these were staring before them, murmuring indistinct questions, jaded, haggard, unclean.†
Chpt 1.16
- There were sad, haggard women tramping by, well dressed, with children that cried and stumbled, their dainty clothes smothered in dust, their weary faces smeared with tears.†
Chpt 1.16
- Haggard special constables with white badges stood at the corners of every street.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(haggard) showing the wearing effects of overwork or suffering