waxen

Example Sentences

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Her voice, paired with Mr. Carey’s writing, creates a beguiling audio backstory for a woman whom time has rendered as unreal as one of her waxen figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

His waxen face was frozen in a perpetual scowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Soon after her fourth birthday, in the summer of 1930, a waxen effigy of Princess Elizabeth made its debut at Madame Tussauds, seated on a pony.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2022

After my mother-in-law passed away in February, her closest relatives never stopped chattering to her, setting out a glass of her favorite beer next to her coffin, applying blush to her waxen cheeks.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2018

His lips looked chiseled from ice; his flesh was waxen yellow.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver