haunted look
Frequency: 6.53.1 per million words
an expression of great worry, sadness, or fear
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Examples (10)
- He had a haunted look in his eyes after the accident.
- The old soldier returned from the war with a permanent haunted look.
- She stared at me with a haunted look, as if she had seen a ghost.
- Whenever he spoke of his past, a haunted look would cross his face.
- Why does she always have that haunted look?
- The portrait captured the artist's haunted look perfectly, revealing his inner turmoil.
- If you go through something that traumatic, you might also end up with a haunted look.
- I'll never forget the haunted look on the faces of the refugees.
- Despite her cheerful words, the haunted look in her eyes betrayed her deep sadness.
- That haunted look of hers tells me she isn't sleeping well.