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Meanings of wan in inglês
português
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Sinônimos
Examples for "pale"
Examples for "pale"
1
It was morning; dawn was old; and pale and grey and unhappy.
2
He had gone quite pale and looked much older than his age.
3
The sexton turned pale; the period named was so nearly the true.
4
Very pale, of course, as the bleaching of the water accomplishes that.
5
It lights the ruins and it is pale day in the desert.
1
The effect of the sudden presence in the sick-room was most marked.
2
By personal contact of the sick with the well, especially in kissing.
3
The sick were healed in answer to his prayer of simple faith.
4
He took particular interest in the sick, crippled and poorly nourished children.
5
Many were sick; more were discontented; and all longed wearily for land.
1
People look careworn to me in America; they are spare and pallid.
2
The moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the pallid face.
3
The pallid moonlight shone on the upturned faces of the innumerable dead.
4
Then the pallid lips trembled and unclosed with the faintly uttered inquiry:
5
A long line of flame flared up crimson in the pallid dawn.
Usage of wan in inglês
1
However, South Korean battery expert and professor Park Chul-wan was more optimistic.
2
It was misting; the streets gleamed wet and wan beneath the lamps.
3
Tears blinded her eyes; her face was wan; her mien terribly haggard.
4
The whole forest world was wan and ghostly in the mysterious light.
5
Isabelle looked wan and pale, and desperately unhappy, and with good reason.
6
Unfortunately, D'Agosto loosely anchors the movie in a wan and passive manner.
7
In the thin, cold moonlight, the wintry wood looked spectral and wan.
8
Even in the wan light her face was rosy with her confession.
9
Marcella looked wan and tired; her eyes were ringed with black shadows.
10
Tamír managed a wan smile; the Dragon was one of Illior's signs.
11
Evangeline dropped her fists to her sides and forced a wan smile.
12
After she'd calmed, she began to speak in a wan, desolate voice.
13
Tired and sad are the air-mothers, and their gardens rent and wan.
14
Tired and sad are the air-mothers, and their garments rent and wan.
15
I know better'n to get drowned and starved to death in wan.
16
The girl answered with a wan smile and a little broken sigh.
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Wan through the time
Wan across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common