deep-eyed

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deep-eyed - characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver

lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

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The world belongs to Melancholy then, a thoughtful deep-eyed maiden who loves not the glare of day.

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Dark-haired, deep-eyed and engaging, Taylor is not what you'd expect in a fighting Irishwoman, nor is she surrounded by people who'd prefer a punch to a potato."

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Fortunately, I often see another man, one I've never met, hair parted far over to the left, a deep-eyed brow, a broad, beaky nose, a small and rather full mouth and low cheekbones, lumpy and sad."