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

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 Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

The wizen face of the girl's grandmother appeared in the hatchway.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Hoskins, Gayle Porter

He had moved his chair near the door of Mr. Sim's sitting-room, where Calvin was, and now peered round the doorjamb, his body invisible, his little wizen face appearing as if hung in air.

From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

One of the first people to call on Miss Norman was a dry, wizen monkey of a man, who announced himself as Jabez Pash, the solicitor of the deceased.

From The Opal Serpent by Hume, Fergus