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单词 hollow-cheeked
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Definition of hollow-cheeked in English:

hollow-cheeked

adjective
  • (of a person) having sunken, concave cheeks.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This hollow-cheeked six-year-old clearly knows what it means to fall asleep on an empty stomach. ‘The worst thing for a father,’ says Ammar in barely a whisper ‘is to see your own children starving.'‘
    • During the smoking recess, a gaunt, hollow-cheeked woman says she's been coming to the Hawaiian Gardens Bingo Club for years, spending up to $3,000 a month.
    • I had imagined some hollow-cheeked creature with narrow eyes and thin, spindly hands, but instead found myself confronted with a man who was obviously no stranger to good living.
    • With that she turned on her heel and plodded ahead of them to the corner of a ward unit where a hollow-cheeked, frail old man sat on the sagging mattress on his metal-framed bed.
    • Within days, a photo of the bearded, hollow-cheeked Rowe and the story of his dramatic rescue was all over the news.
    • And that one was a hollow-cheeked, unhappy, nervous, apprehensive creature’.
    • Next to me, a hollow-cheeked acquaintance struggled up from his wheelchair and joined the chorus, pumping a fist joyfully in the air.
 
 
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