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Meanings of waxen face in English

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Usage of waxen face in English
1
The melancholy little girl, the one with the waxen face, must be ill.
Cæsar or Nothing
2
All the waxen face was already dead, the eyes only were still living.
Doctor Pascal
3
His pale waxen face was still freckled and his eyes were rolled back.
War and Peace
4
O'Neill smashed a couple, and thrust his hand into the waxen face-andwaited.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
5
Then she crouched over the twitching body, silent, fixed, staring into the waxen face.
The Demolished Man
6
She was an ugly, old-fashioned doll, with bruised waxen face of no particular color.
The Christmas Angel
7
The woman who had dried and kissed the tiny waxen face bent over it now.
The Tragedy of the Chain Pier / Everyday Life Library No. 3
8
She sings in French about his waxen face and the unforgettable sound of coffin nails.
The Guardian
9
He hummed the Walhalla motif, and Dorothea, bending over her doll, coquettishly kissed the waxen face.
The Goose Man
10
They looked askance at his waxen face, with its staring eyes and fixed smile, and shuddered.
Novel Notes
11
She remained motionless for a long second, gazing at the tiny, waxen face on Daisy's breast.
The Way of an Eagle
12
Looking at Jean, at her waxen face, I finally accepted the truth of my worst fear.
The king of lies
13
His waxen face showed a morose commiseration.
The Old Wives' Tale
14
I could see again the pure little waxen face, as the kindly woman kissed it on the pier.
The Tragedy of the Chain Pier / Everyday Life Library No. 3
15
Her hair was quite white like spun glass, and her waxen face was wrinkled like a relief map.
Kimono
16
Thank God, she had only swooned, and lay mercifully senseless in the tall grass, her waxen face upturned in the twilight.
In the Valley
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