wanness
- a word derived from wan.
Example Sentences
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Better that than a slight theme stretched to wanness.
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2012
For first-night and succeeding audiences Actress Gish displayed her famed wanness, made patrons sniffle during the death scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tender, and tenderly performed, We Are No Longer Children has a wanness about it that might be set to better advantage within the covers of a pale, slim book.
From Time Magazine Archive
A wanness began to show in the dark shadows under her eyes and the pinched look about her lips even as early as the eventful evening when she posed for the senior living picture show.
From Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Speed, Nell
They moved quietly, a little wanness on the lips of the children, at Good Friday, feeling the shadow upon their hearts.
From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
