The wizened old seer was often approached for advice about life. From LearnThat.org.
The old woman grinned back at Leia, her expression wizened by years. From Wordnik.com. [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]
They're limp an 'wizened 'long to the fust of the spring. From Wordnik.com. [In Dark New England Days] Reference
And we threw out the governor and replaced him with this kind of wizened homunculus who used to play robots. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: David Vitter Has a New Fetish] Reference
You might want to investigate the difference between 'wizened' and 'wise'. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"Yes, sir!" the wizened space pirate stepped forward. From Wordnik.com. [On the Trail of the Space Pirates] Reference
His wizened mother, Lakshmamma, sees historic change. From Wordnik.com. [Caste Struggle] Reference
The croupier was a little wizened man wanted on Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
He dreamt that a little wizened old man came to him and said. From Wordnik.com. [More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme] Reference
The door swung slowly open, revealing a wizened old man inside. From Wordnik.com. [Who's There?] Reference
He was a wizened, old man with shreds of white wool on his chin. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
Old, wizened Professor Michael, gazing at him covertly, smothered a sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
"Come!" said old L'acoci, her wizened eyes beckoning to Si'Wren urgently. From Wordnik.com. [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference
There was another carpenter at work in the loft, a little wizened old man. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Tryon stared a while into the shrewd, wizened face, then said thoughtfully. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
As the sun sank toward wizened fields of maize, we approached a truck driver. From Wordnik.com. [Africa Dispatch: Zimbabwe's Diamond 'Monitors'] Reference
This lovely, wizened priestess of poetry and prose did him such great justice. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Rico: A Pilgrimage to Muir's Mecca: Through the Sacred to the Profane.] Reference
The old man looked like a wizened monkey as he screwed up his eyes and chuckled. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
Did the cropped look suit him or was it too severe — a wizened mental patient?. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke and Mirrors] Reference
At last a wizened old woman, scrutinising me suspiciously, answered my inquiries. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
The presence of all these wizened professionals should instill a good deal of confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Street Throws A Tantrum] Reference
"Sakes alive! where's all you mad fellows goin '?" inquired the wizened old stationmaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Kangaroo Marines] Reference
During these scenes, her wizened facial expressions are easily read, her surrender apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Avital Binshtock: Worth Watching: Green] Reference
Once more, like a jack-in-the-box, the little wizened old man appeared in front of the Knight. From Wordnik.com. [More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme] Reference
Pretty soon this beaming, robust woman shows up, followed by a wizened little man with a cane. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
Robin saw masses of velvet and plumes and a sharp, wizened face somewhere in the midst of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
He chastised, praised, petted, and scolded; and one and all the beasts loved their wizened little master. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
Summerland, they are sometimes seen of far-walkers, long of tail and long handed, like wizened men-children. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
In the door of a hut on the outskirts of the village squatted a wizened man with a tuft of grey beard upon his chin. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
He started up, and who should he see but the little wizened old man who found shelter in his father's hut on the stormy night. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales] Reference
With her head on the doorstep was a wizened old woman fast asleep, guarding three piles of salt she had laid out to dry in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
The wizened-up specimen of an ague-shaken squatter took the letter in a hand that trembled; and his eyes eagerly passed over the same. From Wordnik.com. [Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat] Reference
Pollie looked sorrowfully on the poor boy, whose thin, wizened face, with large, hungry eyes, was placed on a shrunk and distorted body. From Wordnik.com. [Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets] Reference
The Honorable Russ, now a wizened man of at least seventy, but still sharply alert, said, "However, Texcoco and Genoa might both profit.". From Wordnik.com. [Adaptation] Reference
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