wanness
Example Sentences
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Better that than a slight theme stretched to wanness.
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2012
For first-night and succeeding audiences Actress Gish displayed her famed wanness, made patrons sniffle during the death scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tender, and tenderly performed, We Are No Longer Children has a wanness about it that might be set to better advantage within the covers of a pale, slim book.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mere absence of the coquettish ringlets made a considerable p. 463difference, and the pale colour of the hair, as it was plainly braided, increased the wanness of her appearance.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
The servant-woman came to look at the child who slept in the shawl, with cheeks flushed hot and red, and a whiteness, a wanness round the eyes.
From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
