look desolate
Frequency: 7.914.8 per million words
To have an appearance of being very unhappy.
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Examples (10)
- He looked as desolate as Ruth felt.
- After hearing the news, she looked utterly desolate.
- The lost child looked desolate standing alone in the crowd.
- The team looked desolate after their unexpected defeat.
- Even with a forced smile, his eyes made him look desolate.
- Why does that old man sitting on the bench look so desolate?
- The abandoned puppy looked desolate and was shivering in the rain.
- Despite being surrounded by friends, she still looked desolate.
- He looked so desolate that I had to go over and ask if he was okay.
- In the fading light, the empty house began to look desolate.