waxen

Example Sentences

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When they are done, the hornets have a food bank—immature bees still in their little waxen cells—which provides an excellent protein source for their own young larvae.

From Scientific American

Instead, we saw mostly waxen, strained faces in the dinner procession of mismatched royals and American hirelings.

From Washington Post

Pepper uniform while carrying a waxen replica of his own head, a nod to Gucci’s runway show from February of last year.

From The New Yorker

Both figures suggest the waxen chill of death — the literal death of Jesus on the cross and the emotional death of his mother, who has collapsed unconscious under the weight of her son’s body.

From Washington Post

His portrait – six by four and a half metres – hangs in Tiananmen Square, the heartland of Chinese political power, and in the middle of the square, his waxen, embalmed body lies in state.

From The Guardian