wizen
Example Sentences
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It would wizen up, or grow ripe, or it might rot.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
"Seems ter me," whined a wizen old lady, "thet the girls knows somethin' about it, too!"
From The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies by Margaret Penrose
In their whiteness his pinched features seemed more wizen than ever.
From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Emma C. Dowd
On the contrary, Dallas' evident interest in the stranger had stirred the unnatural jealousy in her father's wizen brain.
From The Plow-Woman by Eleanor Gates
He sat on the edge of his chair, wizen, anxious, fidgety, loaded with objections, and ready to go off half-cocked.
From Mr. Opp by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
