As the disease progresses they grow thin and show more and more those appearances which indicate diseased nutrition, such as a staring, lusterless, disheveled coat; dirty, tense skin, which appears very pale in those regions free from hair.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
In extreme instances the symptoms enable an observant teacher who has learned to distinguish between the pretty hair ribbon and clean collar and the sunken, pale, or hectic cheek and lusterless eyes to detect the cause.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
Her large and lusterless eyes gazed at them with indifference.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell