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Recent Examples of waxen
Instead, the moss’s telltale sign of woe is its glum, grayish hue, a waxen appearance that comes from ferns and algae that have crept over it.
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Sabrina Imbler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
Sabrina Imbler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waxen
Adjective
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The film is aggressively teal with a sallow greige (gray-beige) overcast.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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If the entire plant looks sallow and yellow, give it better nutrition.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hydrophobic soil is particularly problematic after a wildfire when soil particles become coated with waxy substances as organic matter decomposes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Extra cholesterol could get in the way of that by contributing to the formation of waxy plaques in your arteries, which can slow blood flow to your heart, Srijana Maharjan, MD, the lead author of the study and an internal medicine resident at Allegheny General Hospital, in Pittsburgh, tells SELF.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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County plans acknowledged potential harm to pallid bats native to the area and called for installing bat boxes to offer them an alternative habitat.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Tallow or beef fat is usually pale, off-white, sometimes yellow: complexion was a key sign of chlorosis, which was named with a Greek word meaning pale, pallid, or yellow-green.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Its skin looked yellow, and sometimes ashen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Given shorter travel times, a greater number of people would be able to experience its otherworldly ashen plains.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Her parents could have believed their sickly child had died and buried her according to local customs.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Only Abi, the young nanny, can make the sickly girl smile.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The heiress and entrepreneur has a princess moment in a romantic pale pink gown with floral appliqués and a matching cape.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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These figures, while shocking, unfortunately pale in comparison to those from the recent war, now widely recognized as a genocide.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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As the hulking creature, the Australian star appears to have pale, cadaverous skin with lacerations across it and long, stringy hair.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Plus, the kid isn’t dead either, as his flailing pale self that looks on the verge of the cadaverous pops out of the trunk Jack shoves him in.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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That thoughtfulness is why the foundation blends seamlessly without ever leaving behind an ashy cast, a struggle many of us know all too well.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Oct. 2025
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When the hydrants ran dry, the loss of pressure caused ashy water to backflow into the lines.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Waxen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waxen. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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