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hollow-eyed

[ hol-oh-ahyd ]

/ ˈhɒl oʊˌaɪd /

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adjective

having sunken eyes.

Origin of hollow-eyed

First recorded in 1520–30

Words nearby hollow-eyed

hollow leg, hollow newel, hollow sea, hollow tile, hollow-back, hollow-eyed, hollow-forge, hollow-ground, hollowware, holluschick, holly

Example sentences from the Web for hollow-eyed

But Byrne himself is the parodist, and he commands the stage by his hollow-eyed, frosty verve.

The Stacks: Pauline Kael's Talking Heads Obsession |Pauline Kael |November 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The change in the rosy-cheeked boy was startling: pale and hollow-eyed, he walked with a weak, halting step.

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist |Alexander Berkman
The townsfolk, hollow-eyed but jubilant, crowded the pavement and the windows of the houses.

London to Ladysmith via Pretoria |Winston Spencer Churchill
Instead she met a smiling youth of twenty-nine, rather gaunt and hollow-eyed, but none the less attractive for that.

The "Genius" |Theodore Dreiser

But at best Elsie had suffered keenly, and when Mrs. Moss found her pale and hollow-eyed, she felt conscience-stricken.

Elsie Marley, Honey |Joslyn Gray
Then looking up, he saw before him an ascetic, hollow-eyed, pale-faced priest.

Historic Oddities |Sabine Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for hollow-eyed

hollow-eyed

adjective

with the eyes appearing to be sunk into the face, as from excessive fatigue