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

Then with a wizen smirk he proudly felt No other mote of God had ever gained Such giant grasp of universal truth.

From Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I by Masson, Thomas L.

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

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

The old miller rubbed his wizen cheeks and smoothed the wisps of hair on his chin, nervously as a young man does his mustache.

From The Black Cross by Briggs, Olive M.