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 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

The next Merewig I had to scribble on was a wizen old lady, with little grey curls on the temples, very shabby in dress, and very antiquated in costume.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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.

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