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wizened

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verb

past tense of wizen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wizened
Adjective
  • Egon Schiele had his thing for gaunt girls and their undergarments.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Tall and thin, bordering on gaunt, he was dressed in blue jeans, a flannel shirt, an old Army jacket, work boots, gloves and a blue wool cap.
    Alanna Nash, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Weinstein often looked haggard and out of it — unshaven, mouth ajar, eyes bleary.
    Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The scene makes Perkins crack up — Death looks tired and haggard, his job is never done (especially this week), and while the father-son may have escaped this round, their paths will cross in some unknowable way in the future.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • True' Almost two years later, on May 14, 1983, partial skeletal remains were found on the island near a private duck hunting club, which is more than 60 miles northeast of San Francisco.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Daniel Thomas Halloran, who was born in Indiana in 1972, was identified as the 10th victim whose remains were found on Fox Hollow Farm in 1996 among thousands of other burned and crushed skeletal remains, according to Indiana officials and WXIN.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • However, Assad’s army withered away with hardly a shot being fired in anger, or in Assad’s defense.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • But the defense surrendered a touchdown on the first drive and withered at critical junctures.
    Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Wizened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wizened. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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