wan
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Our mother did reappear, looking wan and smiling bravely, and we had to pretend that she was fine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
If you were not eating meat in the 1990s and early 2000s, you might harbor painful memories of the wan, wet vegan dogs of yesteryear.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2024
When we drove by the family home, I tasted her cabbage omelet and the gong wan that she made from scratch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Is it that the many bad versions out there — soggy noodles swathed in bottled dressing and tossed with wan vegetables — make good ones hard to imagine?
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
He started sweating and his complexion turned wan.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
But if the orchestrations, by Mr. Kitt and Michael Starobin, are atypically wan, Mr. Kitt’s lyrics are even wanner.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2019
When she was out in the drizzle, however, Her Majesty's smile grew wanner and wanner, and sometimes disappeared.
From Time Magazine Archive
Says one Bostonian who knows her well: "There isn't anyone wanner or dearer, when she's feeling good."
From Time Magazine Archive
Carl's entrances into the Coliseum may have been slightly louder, but Edwin's were appreciably wanner.
From Time Magazine Archive
A makeshift signal flag—a red knitted leg wanner of the sort worn by dancers— was knotted to the end of an alder branch by the vehicle's rear exit.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
I cannot conclude this relation without expressing my wannest thanks to Lord Stirling, for the full patronage I received from him in every stage of the enterprize.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
My brother," cried Henry, with the wannest pleasure, "you have played me the most agreeable trick in the world, and have showed me the full confidence I may place in you.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
Owen's heart beat with honest pride as he stepped down from the platform and walked side by side with his giant opponent,—still his wannest friend.
From The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 by Henry S. Spalding
Their conduct merits our wannest esteem; and I beg leave to add, that I think the public will do well to make them a handsome gratuity.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
To get the two hundred pounds required to pay off the mortgage upon 'Bachelors' Hall,' Clare addressed himself first to Lord Radstock, whom he looked upon as one of his wannest and most sincere friends.
From The Life of John Clare by Frederick Martin
Mademoiselle was poking at a rusty stove that smoked a little and wanned the room indifferently.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Around noon, when the air had wanned, Frightful gave the little eyas the last bites of the rat.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Not precisely royal fare, but nourishing; it tasted good enough and wanned the belly.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
A strangely genial smile wanned and brightened his usually grave cold face, and certainly at that moment Erle Palma showed one aspect of his nature never exhibited before to any human being.
From Infelice by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
Once the imagination is stirred and the emotions wanned by this instruction, an immediate and natural outlet in expression must be found if these lessons are to fulfill their end.
From How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods by George Herbert Betts
It was a French sportwriter just wanning up to the famed Tour de France, the month-long bicycle race that attracts the world's largest crowds.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had a slim chance of wanning its fight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stark Young takes a view of art which is wanning to those tired of abstruse and cerebral esthetics.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Proclaimers are just wanning up on that misery-to-happiness song—the follow-up to “Five Hundred Miles.”
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
“So I work for a relief agency,” she said, wanning up.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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