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Meanings of waxen in English
Usage of waxen in English
1
Certainly the waxen hue was gone; certainly the girl was wonderfully better.
2
The pallor of the old face had lost all its waxen dignity.
3
His face was black, and resembled those waxen masks kept in lararia.
4
A frightful anger showed upon his face, which turned waxen in tone.
5
Those who are sick, lie motionless as waxen images in their cots.
6
That other had bought her a little waxen Jesus at the Kermesse.
7
Withdrawing into their waxen ball, Suha and his wife closed the portal.
8
The thin, waxen mask of assumed kindness has melted from her face!
9
Her face was waxen in the yellowish glow of the nearest streetlamp.
10
His face looked waxen, and his eyes were staring right at me.
11
Above us, the black sky slowly turned into a gray waxen sea.
12
Expectation is grateful, you know; in the mood of gratitude we are waxen.
13
The waxen mask of the Church hides the inner soul of the man.
14
The waxen mask was life-like, the attitude effective, and the cell excellently arranged.
15
Her face did not look so cold; that was a clear waxen white.
16
The melancholy little girl, the one with the waxen face, must be ill.
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Waxen through the time
Waxen across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common