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
“Our chauffeur,” said Cynthia, and a glint of fun showed through the wanness of her cheeks.
From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Tracy, Louis
A year is a long time to a child, but it did not account to me for a curious wanness in her colour.
From The Adventures of Harry Revel by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
