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
Let the sun wizen up if it wants to.
From The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century by Gerald Stanley Lee
Then with a wizen smirk he proudly felt No other mote of God had ever gained Such giant grasp of universal truth.
From Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I by Thomas L. Masson
There 's a young feller 'round here, Betsy, as wants ter look out fer his wizen.
From Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates by Julia McCune Flory
"There are two Doctor Browns in Hooe, He's short and stout—I'm tall and wizen; You've been and run the wrong one through, That's how the error has arisen."
From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
