wanness
Example Sentences
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Better that than a slight theme stretched to wanness.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2012
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
For first-night and succeeding audiences Actress Gish displayed her famed wanness, made patrons sniffle during the death scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had taken off her high, close neckwear, and the wanness of her throat showed above a collarless shirt-waist.
From A Touch of Sun and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
His face was dirty with tears, his eyes had a curious washed look, like the sky after rain, a sort of wanness.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
