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 Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
"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
Ay! your common everyday sort o' breein' darena' show their bits o' wizen cheeks by daylight; but there be some 'at will abroad at all hours, without fear o' being laid by the parson.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
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 Robert Neilson Stephens
