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

In their whiteness his pinched features seemed more wizen than ever.

From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Dowd, Emma C.

She stood there, tearful and wizen, before La Teuse, who was slipping some eggs into the pocket of her apron.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

Let the sun wizen up if it wants to.

From The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century by Lee, Gerald Stanley

One of the first people to call on Miss Norman was a dry, wizen monkey of a man, who announced himself as Jabez Pash, the solicitor of the deceased.

From The Opal Serpent by Hume, Fergus