wanness
Example Sentences
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Better that than a slight theme stretched to wanness.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2012
For first-night and succeeding audiences Actress Gish displayed her famed wanness, made patrons sniffle during the death scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tender, and tenderly performed, We Are No Longer Children has a wanness about it that might be set to better advantage within the covers of a pale, slim book.
From Time Magazine Archive
Joyce had been studying his face—nothing had escaped her: its wanness, the sharp outline, and the tears congealed in the hollows of his cheeks.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
Miss Arden, looking back at her, noted how each day was helping to remove the pallor and wanness from that face.
From Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
