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

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

Though his face was wizen, the leanness of his body had no appearance of weakness, but rather every sign of strength.

From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Stephens, Robert Neilson

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 Gates, Eleanor

In their whiteness his pinched features seemed more wizen than ever.

From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Dowd, Emma C.