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Meanings of waxen pallor in English

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Usage of waxen pallor in English
1
His cheeks were once more of waxen pallor.
A Prince of Sinners
2
But two blue circles had sunk around his eyes, and his face wore a waxen pallor.
Monsieur de Camors — Volume 3
3
Sister Simplice was white, with a waxen pallor.
Les Misérables
4
She had two dabs of color on her cheeks, as usual, but underneath a waxen pallor.
Now It Can Be Told
5
Not noticing his waxen pallor and the somber fire in his wide eyes, she gave a sigh of relief.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
6
The waxen pallor of death was on the poor boy-officer's face; yet he had strength to murmur in feeble accents:
The Downfall
7
This time he did not start as he looked on the poor face with the same awful, waxen pallor as before.
Dracula
8
The little face, even in its waxen pallor, was like the beautiful one I had seen in its white despair last night.
The Tragedy of the Chain Pier / Everyday Life Library No. 3
9
In the bright disc of light cast by the lamp, Jeanne lay stretched among the disordered bedclothes, with limbs of waxen pallor.
A Love Episode
10
She was very pale indeed, but not with that death-like, waxen pallor which had chilled him when he had looked upon that other face.
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
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