Jack Jr ran over to deliver a hug, followed by a plaintive look.

I leave him standing there, offering the only excuse he can to the jury a plaintive look.

It was odd to see a face like his look so plaintive.

A plaintive look on her face, like a kid begging for goodies but not expecting any.

He dodged her plaintive look by staring into Lily's empty room.

I turned to the waiter with a plaintive look.

Meralda gave the young man the most plaintive look he had ever seen.

That and a plaintive look that is worth a thousand words.

Buckley, a young man who had once made the mistake of studying divinity, gave the captain a plaintive look.

I remember the worried, plaintive look that came into his eyes as he examined the ice.