Wizened

Definition

wizened /'wÇznd/ adj ႐ံႈ႕တြေနေသာ။ ပိန္႐ံႈ႕ေနေသာ။ a wizened old woman ❍ a face wizened with age ❍ wizened apples.

Examples

1. ‘He was better pleased with the rounded amplitudes of the Danae and the Venuses painted for him by Titian
2. than by El Greco's wizened male nudes the colour of fog.’
3. ‘Cory introduced himself to the first person he spied
4. a wizened old woman on a stool at the door
5. meticulously cutting thin strips of leather.’
6. ‘A wizened man in white shirt and white tucked-up dhoti
7. with a dark green headcloth
8. put thatch on the roof of the beachside pavilion.’
9. ‘If you go to the harbour
10. there are wizened old ladies selling beautiful hand-made lace and tablecloths for a fraction of what they'd cost back home.’
11. ‘We've just reached the summit of Pendle Hill in Lancashire when the image of the three wizened witches from Macbeth skips across my mind's eye.’
12. ‘She returned later that day in the back of a police car to find two very grey old people
13. now wizened and wrinkly after the experience.’
14. ‘No longer the bendy punk-rappers of yesteryear
15. slightly wizened where they were once wiry
16. not even these boys can hide from adulthood any more.’
17. ‘You can almost see him as a wizened woman
18. too arthritic to stand over a pot with a spoon
19. but quite capable of directing from a chair in the corner.’
20. ‘Gnarled and wizened but full of life
21. they light every page on which they appear.’
22. ‘Mr. Edwards appeared to be some type of shrew
23. but a wizened
24. shrunken shell of one.’
25. ‘The ancient waiting-woman bows her head in awe
26. and a flicker of unfamiliar happiness crosses the deeply wizened depths of her face.’
27. ‘His wrinkles overlapped his pox scars
28. giving him a wizened wizard look.’
29. ‘Ray Caesar creates fantastical
30. grimly hopeful and gravely whimsical images of wizened children who radiate an enigmatic serenity.’
31. ‘In a flash of light
32. Aidan shriveled to a wizened old man of about 3 feet tall.’
33. ‘Several portraits feature beautiful faces
34. some with deeply lined
35. wizened countenances.’
36. ‘In my view
37. however
38. the wizened polymath did well.’
39. ‘The first time I saw Wiwin
40. she looked like a wizened old woman
41. with wrinkly
42. hairy skin and big
43. unblinking eyes.’
44. ‘The wizened old men are bracing themselves for the coming conflict.’
45. ‘He is two years old but his face is that of a wizened old man
46. his hair sparse and patched.’
47. ‘His wizened and wrinkled face and his long
48. flowing beard contrasted sharply with the aura of power that seemed to flow from him.’