wizened

Example Sentences

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“They always tell you not to go too far,” said one wizened veteran, a consultant who flies nearly every week.

From New York Times

Hall plays Jones as a wizened but exhausted old-timer, cranky about the changing times, while Reece’s Brux is defensive about his success and hilariously awkward in his need for validation from an icon.

From Los Angeles Times

She leaned in, her wizened forehead almost touching the smooth plastic head.

From New York Times

He lost his hair after the first round of chemotherapy and writes in the memoir that when he looks in the mirror, "there's a bald, wizened old man there."

From BBC

Mommy Fortuna, a wizened witch voiced by the late Angela Lansbury, cages the creature in a sideshow attraction to make a buck and secure her legacy in the memory of the deathless creatures she imprisons.

From Salon