WIZENED in a Sentence
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1. It was a small, wizened man with a full beard, he held a candle in his hand.
2. Comrade Ostrinski was a little man, scarcely up to Jurgis's shoulder, wizened and wrinkled, very ugly, and slightly lame.
3. Here there lived a relative of the Chichikovs, a wizened old lady who went to market in person and dried her stockings at the samovar.
2. Comrade Ostrinski was a little man, scarcely up to Jurgis's shoulder, wizened and wrinkled, very ugly, and slightly lame.
3. Here there lived a relative of the Chichikovs, a wizened old lady who went to market in person and dried her stockings at the samovar.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of WIZENED
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wizened
a. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Classic Sentence:
1 We were admitted by a strange, wizened, rusty-coated old manservant, who seemed in keeping with the house.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
2 A door suddenly flew open out of what appeared to be solid wall at the end of the corridor, and a little, wizened man darted out of it, like a rabbit out of its burrow.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
3 Here there lived a relative of the Chichikovs, a wizened old lady who went to market in person and dried her stockings at the samovar.
4 In the same way, his wizened, marble-like features reminded one of nothing in particular, so primly proportioned were they.
5 Comrade Ostrinski was a little man, scarcely up to Jurgis's shoulder, wizened and wrinkled, very ugly, and slightly lame.
6 His wizened face broke into a broader smile, and the three young ladies laughed in musical echo to his pleasantry, swaying their bodies to and fro, with nervous jerks of their shoulders.
7 It was a small, wizened man with a full beard, he held a candle in his hand.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context Highlight In Chapter Eight Block, the businessman - Dismissing the law...
Context Highlight In Chapter Eight Block, the businessman - Dismissing the law...
8 Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed.
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