hollow-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hollow-eyed
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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The pictures show a pallid, hollow-eyed man, resembling Poe, who’s sitting by the fire in his dressing gown when there comes a gentle “rapping, rapping” at the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
At the Minsk airport, Iraqi families slumped hollow-eyed in seats as the plane was delayed several hours.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2021
Republican Richard Nixon, who had been sick and in the hospital, looked hollow-eyed and had a five o’clock shadow.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2020
The hollow-eyed man on the fishing boat calls the water “the sea of the dead.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2020
He was thin and weak and hollow-eyed; his illness had left its marks on him.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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