| 单词 | wizened |
| 例句 | When Penelope saw the pale, wizened face in the darkness just outside the window, where no face had any business being—why, she recognized it at once! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z At his feet upon the steps sat a wizened figure of a man, with a pale wise face and heavy-lidded eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She listened, nodding her head like a wizened owl, as the tale of the morning’s woes came pouring out. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He saw a wizened witch flit out of the frame of her picture and into the one next to it, which contained a wizard with a walrus mustache. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She had dainty habits which matched her torn and filthy clothes in precisely the way her strong young cultivated voice matched her wizened face. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Jomo stopped and looked at him, his wise wizened face full of fond pity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A wizened, frail- looking wizard, bald except for a few wisps of white hair, was reading a letter by candlelight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And men laughed suddenly at the smiling, wizened little old man, whose sparse white beard was scattered all over his chin. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z ‘Name the terms,’ said Gandalf steadily, but those nearby saw the anguish in his face, and now he seemed an old and wizened man, crushed, defeated at last. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Only Tom the landlord, wizened and toothless, remained of the old crowd. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The baby looked blue and wizened to him and he felt that there must be something wrong with it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Smoked meats and sausages hung from the rafters, along with a wizened crocodile carcass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes misting, she touched my face with her wizened hand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Harry thought he recognized a Snargaluff and gave the wizened stump a wide berth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And there was Billy, thin and wizened and slightly hunched, like a walking stick that had warped in the rain. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Is it true, my lord?" asked the High Septon, a small, shrewd man with a wispy white beard and wizened face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They sent for the old woman, and she came: so frail, so gray, so wizened and wrinkled that it seemed like a breeze would blow her away. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Lord Walder was ninety, a wizened pink weasel with a bald spotted head, too gouty to stand unassisted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Hamadryad turned then to Jane and Michael, and with a little shiver they saw that his face was smaller and more wizened than anything they had ever seen. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Once you join the residents in forgetting about the functioning humans they once were, you can think of them as a band of wizened toddlers at a tea party. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair and skin are as gray as a stormy sky, and wizened like a raisin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Clyde had a certain paternal quality that Ignatius liked; the old man, the scarred and wizened mogul of the frankfurter, would be a welcome new character in the Journal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The person looking for us wras a small fellow with spectacles in a wizened face. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally the door opened and I saw a small, wizened man. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” said Harry, twisting Kreacher’s wizened arm into a half nelson. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The wizened hand reached out to pat Miss Love’s arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The wizened witch who had flitted into her neighbor’s painting when he had joined the champions downstairs was now sitting smugly beside the Fat Lady. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He had a wizened black face like a small, aged monkey. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of the more wizened residents on the farm, late from North Carolina and the massacres, and preferred his meat melting soft. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Martin was little, the stock boy at the feed store was a wizened, stooped man named Jericho, freed many years previously. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z By the end of the tune, I have found the whistler, a wizened old man in a faded red shirt and overalls. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was so crumpled and wizened, so shrunken and shrivelled, it looked as though it had been pickled in vinegar. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Marie-France’s wizened old eyes crinkled in sympathy as she explained in Lingala that no one had thoroughly searched the enclosure yet, that maybe some were deep in hiding. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some were bent and wizened with age; it was a sight that stamped itself on the brain. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he was small and wizened, with sparse gray tonsured hair. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She regarded me with eyes that were sharp yet kind, set deep in her wizened face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His hair is so short, and he’s so skinny, that he looks like a wizened old man. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A young man with a startlingly wizened face. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At her side trotted a little black dog as wiry and wizened as she. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The wizened witch started whispering in his ear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Richard, you must have paid a fortune to have this shipped here!” a particularly wizened old woman said. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Oriana’s current maid, a hairy, wizened creature named Toadfloss, brings tea and cakes, meat and jam, all piled on a massive silver tray. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She pointed to a stall where a wizened little woman was grill-ing meat and onions on a hot firestone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "It's not just, it's not," she heard one wizened old woman complain to another when they had bedded down for the night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were hints of silver in his beard and sidelocks, but he was hardly the wizened elder I had imagined. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The Maid was beautiful, the Crone wizened and wise. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The star leaned down, then, and kissed the old woman on her wizened cheek, feeling the rough hairs on it scrape her soft lips. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The wizened grey giant shuffled into sight, holding an oversized meat cleaver. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Most households bake their own, though you can get dried- up rolls and wizened doughnuts at Daily Bread, if you run short. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the indigo murk, she could make out the wizened features at the Undying One to her right, an old old man, wrinkled and hairless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The cancer quickly overtakes him, and, soon enough, he’s in a hospital bed going through the various stages of grief, with anger turning into fear and, eventually, something like wizened acceptance. ‘Peaceful’ Review: A Homage to French Filmmaking 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z While unrest brewed at the edges of the czar’s territories, Prokudin-Gorskii took portraits of colorfully dressed Muslim peddlers, wizened monks planting potatoes, engineers finishing up dams and bridges, and bored Austrian prisoners of war. Antiques: Lumière Autochromes and Other Early Color Photos 2013-01-04T00:46:45Z Cue the wizened locals ready to fleece them, the natural and man-made catastrophes, and you have all the makings of a bad sitcom, with Monocle meets Fawlty Towers as the log line. In Ireland’s ‘Forgotten County,’ a Tiny Inn Does It Right 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Mommy Fortuna, a wizened witch voiced by the late Angela Lansbury, cages the creature in a sideshow attraction to make a buck and secure her legacy in the memory of the deathless creatures she imprisons. "The Last Unicorn" at 40 is a poignant prophecy and reflection of today's eco-grief 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z This is the Beckettian strain in Scorsese: his characters are no longer tough guys, but wizened old figures maundering away to each other, immobile in wheelchairs or senior-citizen home seats, with blankets over their knees. Why The Irishman should win the best picture Oscar 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “Second chances, they don’t ever matter, people never change,” Hayley Williams sang, decisively, at the wizened age of 18. Hayley Williams Lays Down New Roots on Her First Solo Album 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Rodney Mason, reprising his original part, plays Rome with a wizened vulnerability that is both bracing and wistful. Dance Review: Rennie Harris Puremovement Performs at the Joyce 2014-01-31T22:57:41Z Forget the artist seen in his own self-portrait as a wizened, bearded old man. Leonardo gets swashbuckling makeover in TV's "Da Vinci's Demons" 2013-04-11T12:23:21Z Baumbach’s wizened skepticism could be attributable to his being the son of two revered film critics, Georgia Brown and Jonathan Baumbach. REVIEW: While We're Young: Can Ben Stiller Be a Happy 20-Something? 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Only one of them was left standing – and not the swaggering adolescent but the wizened granddaddy. Rewind TV: Borgen; Ripper Street; Africa: Kalahari; Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon; Hotel – review 2013-01-06T00:08:08Z It’s a big step away from the more usual caricature of Scrooge as a wizened old miser who is frightened into repentance. A New ‘Christmas Carol’ Explores the Roots of Scrooge’s Scorn 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The wizened equal-rights matriarch had only a few hours after her flight from Alabama to rest before being paraded around the Capitol. Fifty years later, spotlight shines on civil rights icon Amelia Boynton Robinson 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z As Man examines the menu, I watch a middle-aged woman lower her wizened companion into an orange vinyl chair. Want fantastic Chinese food in North America? Head to Vancouver. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Lievens later made a new drawing based on the first, with Tromp appearing a little wizened; this second drawing is now in the collection of the British Museum in London. A ‘Sleeper’ Discovered at Auction Tells a Very Dutch Tale 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z His father, Rukun, wizened with age, blind and almost totally deaf, is another haunting presence in the film. Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Advising at the end, “We’ll try to please you every day,” this wizened presence could well be speaking for a director who has devoted a half-century or more to wanting to do precisely that. Theater Review: Peter Hall Makes a Dusky Return to Illyria 2011-01-25T12:00:03Z The pining narrator of “Teardrops on My Guitar” feels miles away from the wizened woman singing “Midnight Rain,” who has realized that love and marriage won’t solve all her problems. Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ (Lindsay’s Version) 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Whether ET has aged is harder to say since he was as wrinkled as a wizened crone to begin with. ET go home: why Spielberg’s alien shouldn’t be flogging wifi 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Dean is part of a New York area moving crew installing Walter, a wizened old man, and all his possessions in the same rest home. Blue Valentine Review: Scenes from a Marriage 2010-12-21T04:40:00Z Like a wizened mountaineer, he must surmount it, simply because it’s there. Is Your Kid STILL Eating Halloween Candy? Read This. 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The movie, based on a Roald Dahl children’s book, depicted Hathaway with hands that were wizened and disfigured, with two fingers and a thumb on each. Scary Is How You Act, Not Look, Disability Advocates Tell Filmmakers 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Toward the end of the documentary, that wizened master is shown speaking with and playing for a group of students in Israel. Critic’s Notebook: Liberace Examined, as a Piano Player 2013-05-27T21:40:53Z As LeaderOftheFree suggests, this is the pinnacle of sage advice, from the wisest of wizened masters. Clip joint: ghettos 2013-02-28T14:32:03Z The surreal encounter concludes with an exchange on the virtue of elephants — and Michelangelo is a bit like an aged elephant himself, wizened, grayed, rather tusked. Painting a vibrant and lush portrait of the 16th-century Ottoman empire 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Recently I cradled a brown, wizened and lifeless stem of a plant in my hand and waited for Linda Davis. Moss is no weed. It’s a brilliant addition to the garden. 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z If “Yep” is remarkably cheery despite her missing teeth and wizened appearance, then “Mum” couldn’t be more strained or crazily popeyed in her exuberant expression. Tip Toland’s cheery, startling ceramic ‘jesters’ hold court at Seattle’s Davidson Galleries | Art review 2012-11-16T23:21:05Z This wellspring of bagel know-how, recipes and innovation isn’t, as New Yorkers might imagine, some wizened man working in a basement kitchen in Brooklyn. The Cradle of Global Bagel Baking? (It’s Not New York) 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z In “Passage,” a wizened Ethiopian man ends a pilgrimage for absolution, while a Connecticut woman with emphysema extols the value of prayer. Review: ‘Sacred,’ a Global Group Portrait of Faith in Action 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z As the scientist in question, Clooney, who will turn 60 in May, is barely recognizable behind a bushy white beard; his face is sunken and his body wizened. It’s been a bleak year, so our gift to you is George Clooney’s thoughts on movies, murder hornets and mince pie 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Kissin sounded like a wizened Jewish elder telling the sad truth. Two Russian Tours, One Led by Evgeny Kissin, the Other by the American Symphony Orchestra 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Burke, meanwhile, is a bag of Sour Patch Kids — glamorously wizened, blithe in both her wisdom and corruptibility. Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z And though more wizened minds were investigating, the public response to this cataclysm was shockingly muted. Motherlode: Virtual Wolves at the Door 2011-02-24T17:44:01Z The resulting portrait shows the wizened physicist in a spectral blur — a foggy ghostliness caused by the technical imprecision of a novice, but nevertheless possessing the unmistakable aesthetic that defines a Stafford photograph. From Einstein to Couture, This 96-Year-Old Captured It All 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The windowsills and a long shelf were lined with empty, wizened fruit skins, each stitched closed with needle and thread. Zoe Leonard’s Messages Strike Hard — and Cast a Spell 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z And – even more tempting – I would love to see Sam's beautiful film of fruit as it decays alongside Yoko Ono's study of a wizened apple. When Sam Taylor-Wood met Yoko Ono 2012-06-16T23:06:00Z Across this scene drifts Lynch's singing voice, high-pitched, largely distorted and croaking like a wizened fairground barker. David Lynch: The Big Dream – review 2013-07-11T20:30:00Z Outside the entrance to the courtroom is a wizened piece of trunk encased in glass with tiny, old-timey toys scattered around its base. this, proclaims a plaque, is the famous tree. My Harper Lee pilgrimage: Visiting Monroeville, in search of “Mockingbird’s” essence 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z But then one of the characters unearths what looks like a wizened pterodactyl claw. 'Hard Labor' serves up Brazil sans bikinis 2011-05-13T17:36:12Z “They always tell you not to go too far,” said one wizened veteran, a consultant who flies nearly every week. Help! Spirit Airlines Left Us Behind in Guatemala City 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The voice of the late comedian is immediately recognizable on the recording, perhaps a little more wizened, but still strong and full of emotion. Pink Martini releases Diller recording of 'Smile' 2012-08-22T00:46:04Z Nutini seems blissfully unaware that 23-year-olds from Paisley are not supposed to affect the manner and cadences of wizened reggae old-timers. Paolo Nutini 2010-04-10T23:08:00Z In this simple fable about old age reconciling itself to memory and destiny, Mastroianni wore the wizened smile of a man who knows he is visiting his youth for the last time. The Movies' Grandest Oldest Man: Manoel de Oliveira Dies at 106 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z He starts off plummy, slightly bouncing on his well-heeled shoes; he ends up wizened, stooped, the mellifluousness of his voice strained, with a woolly hat and a supermarket trolley full of his "goods". Timon of Athens; Peace Camp; The Only True History of Lizzie Finn – review 2012-07-21T23:05:46Z He based Yoda on Albert Einstein, while others saw the image of Freeborn himself in the wizened sage. Stuart Freeborn 2013-02-08T14:14:35Z Arnalta, Poppea’s wizened nurse, is essentially a comic role that in the Baroque era might have been performed by a male singer in female dress. Music Review: Bad Guys Singing Of Love And Power 2010-11-19T05:30:00Z He was 30, about five and a half feet tall with a pointed chin and floppy bangs, and seemed to be making the leap from elvish to wizened without stopping at untroubled. Of mice and murder, and Ronald Reagan 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z A mid-’50s picture of a bronzed, not-so-young couple sunning themselves on a pool deck in Los Angeles acts as both a reminder of “the golden age of sunbathing” and a “wizened deterrent” against it. Geoff Dyer Takes to the Streets With Garry Winogrand 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The novel is as bitter as gall and has Nathanael West’s dark ironies, yet it’s overdetermined and musty, a wizened pelt stretched over a taxidermist’s mannequin. A Parody of Smut — and of Voltaire — Turns 60 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z A wizened gentleman puppet is our host, offering his own meditations on puppet death and beseeching us to relieve his own loneliness and puppet despair. A heavy toll of Puppet Death 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Then, suddenly, out of the scrum of partygoers, Ms. Scott emerged, a striking, impossibly tall beauty, trailed by a wizened but elegantly dressed man who barely came up to her shoulder blades. For L’Wren Scott, Her Identity Was by Design 2014-03-19T20:42:30Z But when I sat down to write, what did I see on the bookshelf across from me but my wizened copy of Kenzaburo Oe’s “A Personal Matter.” The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z “Honestly, I have so much rage,” Ms. Case said over vegan food in Brooklyn last month, her trademark auburn hair piled high atop wisps of wizened gray. How Neko Case Finally Unleashed Her Feminist Rage 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Now, at the garden’s end, the pods are wizened and the beans ready for winter. The humble bean: Good for soups, great for the apocalypse 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Davis, wizened and wire-thin, hunched over a music stand alongside his burly young protégé, who picked up the slack whenever his idol missed a note. Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z There are faintly audible traces of Tiesto's sage, wizened hand in the production, too, which score it a few bonus points. Songs with telephones, teeth and Tiesto 2010-03-17T16:24:00Z Befana is a wizened old crone who travels around the country on the night of 5 January delivering sweets – or, if they've been bad, onions – to children. Rise of the Guardians and other all-star supergroups 2012-11-29T20:00:01Z Enter the wizened, comedic shoe shiner; the bartender who resembles Robert E. Lee; or the dapper antiques magnate, for starters. The Personalities of Natchez 2010-04-07T20:54:00Z But like its founder, Playboy magazine has survived, if a little wizened, longer than its detractors imagined. How Hef Got His Groove Back 2011-02-06T07:48:01Z While Horan is new to a solo career, he is a wizened pro and managed to make it feel like he was singing directly to each and every teen girl in the world. Best and Worst Moments of the American Music Awards 2016 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z There is a beautiful act of translation that this documentary observes, as Balanchine’s former students — now wizened teachers themselves — attempt to render his movements into speech. ‘In Balanchine’s Classroom’ Review: Teaching the Ineffable 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The humor is sometimes as obvious as the hairless cat that looks like a wizened extraterrestrial and the Velcro crackle of a girdle being hastily removed in a dark bedroom. ‘Gloria Bell’ Review: Love Is in the Air for a Transcendent Julianne Moore 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z If you want the real Baker, in all his toothless, selfish, wizened majesty, you’ll find him in Bruce Weber’s extraordinary 1988 documentary Let’s Get Lost. Review: 3 Not-Really-Biopics Reimagine the Lives of Chet Baker, Miles Davis and Hank Williams 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z A classic underdog tale, only with players that we already recognize and care for, who are now picking themselves up by their weathered bootstraps and carrying on, humbled and wizened and buoyed by gratitude. The Sexual Innocence of Britney Spears 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z This novel more resembles a bonsai tree — compact, wizened and funny. In ‘The Liar’s Dictionary,’ People Work on the Definition of Love and Many Other Words 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The energy and beauty of the film comes from these moments and from its camera’s contentedness with languidly resting on the simultaneously innocent and wizened faces and bodies of these not-yet women. What About the Girls? 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z “Back then I swore I was going to marry him someday, but I realized some bigger dreams of mine,” she sang, sounding more like a wizened great-grandmother than a rising senior. Taylor Swift and the Wisdom of Youth 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z “I’ve found Judaica to be caveat emptor,” he says, a match of wits with “wizened Orthodox Jews who were wiser than I.” Vast Steinhardt Judaica Collection Up For Auction, Jewish Artifacts To Go For Millions 2013-03-28T14:42:03Z “But,” she added with a wizened chuckle, “I didn’t.” She’s Marianne Faithfull, Damn It. And She’s (Thankfully) Still Here. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Called the Guardians of the Universe, these are basically Yoda multiplied, wizened immortals who live on the planet Oa and were originally drawn to look like, no kidding, the first Israeli prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. | 'Green Lantern': It?s Not That Easy Being ... You Know 2011-06-16T15:32:25Z Watching “Deadwood: The Movie” is like looking at a 19th-century photograph of a wizened historical figure whose heyday was before the invention of photography. Review: In One Last ‘Deadwood,’ the Future Prevails and the Past Endures 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Martin plays Pippin's wizened grandmother and performs a certain "circus skill," as she puts it — not your stereotypical silver-haired grandma. Andrea Martin is living in the moment these days 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z “And I looked at it and thought, God, where did that man go and why did I never see him? That charming-looking handsome kid turned into a wizened, sad, deer-in-the-headlights person.” Mary Rodgers, who composed ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ and wrote ‘Freaky Friday,’ dies Next year, I will have been broadcasting music on TV for 30 years, which makes me feel wizened. Portrait of the artist: Jools Holland, musician and broadcaster 2011-08-01T21:01:01Z Stewart provides the voice of a wizened 900-year-old tree in the movie, though in real life, he turned 71 on July 13. Patrick Stewart gets birthday tune at Comic-Con 2011-07-24T00:29:08Z Last year the luxury giant Céline raised eyebrows by introducing the octogenarian Joan Didion as the face of the brand; in its fall advertising, Dolce & Gabbana prominently featured a pair of wizened nonnas. Pirelli’s Reality Check: Portraying Beauty at Any Age 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z It’s hard to say whether that spectral visitation from a lost pop-culture icon is more wistful or more creepy, especially set against the wizened, weatherbeaten and visibly smaller Schwarzenegger we see later in the film. Elegy for the Governator: “Old, but not obsolete” Arnold takes on a killer app in the bewildering time-travel paradox of “Terminator Genisys” 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z There are wizened silk-cotton trees and rows of wild curry plants as I climb higher along the edge of the verdant valley. A river ride to Rishikesh: India's new adventure capital 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z The desperado appears as a wizened, gun-toting shadow slung across railroad tracks and in the scared whispers of shopkeepers and children. Screams. Tears. Meltdowns. New Picture Books Let Bad Behavior Fly, With Just a Bit of Advice 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z You see a sign forbidding “commercial activity” — drive a stake through J. R.'s wizened heart, why don’tcha! Texas, 3 Ways 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Before that, the range was the domain of the Blackfeet Indians and before them, the wizened tram operator whispered in a creepy tone, a culture so ancient even archaeologists don’t know what to call it. Explorer: Skiing Igloo-to-Igloo Across the Grand Tetons 2011-03-04T19:55:00Z A wizened Satan in winged lapels, he invests in pieces intended to say as much about who he is as do his Savile Row suits. What Walls Say in ?Wall Street? 2010-09-29T20:10:00Z LLOYD: The hardest character to write for used to be Lily, until this year when she became kind of wizened and conspiratorial and now she's almost as much fun to write for as Phil. ArtsBeat: Your ‘Modern Family’ Questions Answered 2012-12-10T19:00:22Z In place of Con Ed, there is a wizened old priest manning the temple; like any good keeper of ancient knowledge, he possesses long white hair, flowing robes, and alarmingly homicidal tendencies. The 1906 Novel That Imagined Present-Day New York 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z There is no Bolaño figure of any kind, unless we count the “wizened young man” of whom the priest seems so afraid, but he could be anybody, including Death. The joy of literary destruction: Writers who broke all the rules 2014-01-19T15:00:00Z Like “decrepit” or “withered” or “wizened”, “ancient” is one of those words. Why stop at tipping? Eleven more things to ban at all restaurants 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z For a crime film to work, there must be a wizened, cynical cop who is close to retirement and has seen it all. Joe Queenan's guide to crime cliches 2010-10-17T11:00:00Z Any wizened Seahawks fan knows that was Chuck Knox’s first year as Seattle’s coach. Seahawks Extra: Seattle has a lot to prove against Lions in Detroit 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Blackened and wizened trees clung to the hillsides that ringed Oak Glen, and signs warned of an increased risk of flooding in areas that had burned in past wildfires. A rumbling. A groan. A wicked sound. Then a wall of mud and water brings destruction 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z His wizened arms and painfully distended stomach told the story. Yemen: The children of a forgotten war 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Hall plays Jones as a wizened but exhausted old-timer, cranky about the changing times, while Reece’s Brux is defensive about his success and hilariously awkward in his need for validation from an icon. Review: Documentaries take intimate looks at musicians Jason Isbell and Lewis Capaldi 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z She leaned in, her wizened forehead almost touching the smooth plastic head. Who Will Take Care of Italy’s Older People? Robots, Maybe. 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z And just about any wizened fan also knows Knox earned the nickname Ground Chuck for his emphasis of the running game in his coaching career. Seahawks Extra: Seattle has a lot to prove against Lions in Detroit 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z He lost his hair after the first round of chemotherapy and writes in the memoir that when he looks in the mirror, "there's a bald, wizened old man there." Sam Neill diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “He’s been everywhere: Saigon, Moscow, Selma, Berlin, Phnom Penh, maybe hundreds of other places. Wars, murders, you name the genre, he was there, as a young buck, as a wizened veteran.” Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The door opened and a wizened arm reached out. Opinion | How to become Trump’s special master 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Black-and-white portraits of the wizened locals who reached age 100 look out onto a sleepy main street near “Longevity Square.” Who’s the Oldest of Them All? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Baffert saddled 34 Derby horses across the previous 26 occasions starting in 1996, so a wizened eye might think it briefly sees him over there. Rich Strike, an 80-1 shot, wins the Kentucky Derby in a stunner 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z His face is small and wizened, his nose overly prominent. Living With Gusto Despite a Rare, Fatal Disease, and Hunting for Answers 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z He reported to camp in peak condition, ready to embrace a new role for his 30s: wizened clubhouse leader and debonair man about town. By Honoring Hernandez, the Mets Fully Embrace Their Past 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z She watched me as I spoke, her wizened face betraying no reaction. Appreciation: Joan Didion’s indelible study of grief gave me the tools to save myself 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z This will involve legislators, regulators and wizened consumers like us to create clear and consistent rules that create a system that is fair for everyone, regardless of your credit score. Insurance industry should listen to seniors and abolish use of credit scores 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z But the relationship isn’t always built on a wizened elder guiding a naive upstart. Her career stalled in her 40s. A younger mentor helped revive it 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Wasn’t this a little grand for a still unproven 28-year-old conductor to set himself up as a wizened mentor? Gustavo Dudamel built a ladder. These conductors, many women, are climbing — fast 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z The relationship doesn’t always look like it once did, with the wizened elder guiding the naive upstart. Her music career stalled out in her 40s. A younger mentor helped bring it back. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The Disney+ series tells of a bounty hunter tasked with protecting a young creature of the same species as Yoda, the wizened guru first seen in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back. Shamook: Star Wars effects company ILM hires Mandalorian deepfaker 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “By the time Steve returned, Cokie had been transformed from someone who ‘didn’t know squat about being a radio reporter’ to ‘wizened veteran foreign correspondent.’ Review | Four women who broke barriers to become the founding mothers of NPR 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Health problems were noted among several of the home's 271 children, with some described as "wasted," "wizened" and "delicate". Tuam: 'I need to know what happened to my brothers' 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Having somehow weathered his way from enfant terrible to wizened survivor, Paul Schrader is a filmmaker who is simply not finished yet. COVID shut down his set. How Paul Schrader finished shooting 'The Card Counter' in 5 days 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Some of its branches were wizened to sticks, with only a few pale leaves on the tips. Opinion | I Was in Love With a Tree That Swallowed the Sky 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z By contrast, Tucker brought every one of her 60 years to bear in her version, using her time-scarred voice and slyly wizened persona to create a performance that will bring you to tears. The best songs of 2019 … that you didn't hear 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z He was a paltry 19 then, a wizened 23 now. Clemson is back in the College Football Playoff, which is remarkable by any measure 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The only ones who don’t seem to grasp it are the wizened establishment figures of the Democratic party, who are making calculations based on a picture of the world that no longer exists. Why are Democratic party elites so desperate for a 2020 centrist candidate? | Hamilton Nolan 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The one who would rest his wizened hand on Jesus’ bosom. “God’s Caravan” 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z For years he maintained the look of a rumpled wild man or wizened elder, with a bushy beard and a simple outfit of cotton shirt, white pants and leather sandals. Francisco Toledo, Mexican artist and activist known as ‘El Maestro,’ dies at 79 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z As the most worn-out and wizened parents can attest, penalizing those who read can be just as effective as actively encouraging it. Opinion | No, Your Kid Shouldn’t Get a Gold Star for Reading 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Perma-tanned and increasingly wizened, Blair cuts a tawdry figure these days. Stamina, intelligence, ego: which personality traits make the best leaders? 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Firefighters and cops, once hearty men, grew wizened and frail, succumbing seemingly each day. Editorials from around New York 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Raymond looked more like a wizened Italian cobbler than an all-powerful mafioso. Cardiologist by day, Mafia doctor by night 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z You then post the photo of your wizened old self on the internet and everyone laughs uproariously. Is FaceApp an evil plot by 'the Russians' to steal your data? Not quite | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z But she is the first in her family, and take it from the voice of wizened experience: it’s a transatlantic minefield. Meghan Markle is a trailblazer, but does she know how to raise an Englishman? Luckily, I do... 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z I asked our server about the most wizened steak available. Review: The meat is truly what matters at APL, Adam Perry Lang’s steakhouse 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z At 82, she does not look whittled, wizened or weathered or any one of those wheezy words we use for old bodies. At 82, Glenda Jackson Commands the Most Powerful Role in Theater 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The punchline arrives, of course, when Nelson shows up to point out in his wizened croon that he never got to sing one with George Strait. Review: Does George Strait require a ‘Honky Tonk Time Machine’? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Sidney Karper, the wizened Defense Secretary in “Night of Camp David,” says of Hollenbach, “It is sheer folly to have that man anywhere near the command and control machinery.” It’s Mueller Time 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z He hardly fits the stereotype of the grizzled, wizened pro. Marco Reus Has Been Kicked Hard by Soccer. He’s Still Standing. 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Some are boys with wizened faces who wash car windows, peddle toys, or blow smoke from tiny pots at strangers in a ritual blessing and hope for spare change in return. To survive in Kabul, boys scavenge for treasure in the city’s trash 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z An unidentified wizened politician once said public opinion polls merely “measure the public’s satisfaction with its ignorance.” Georgia editorial roundup 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Still, some Britons were confused over why the prince, the wizened and gaffe-prone Duke of Edinburgh who is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, was even driving. After a Crash, Prince Philip, 97, Stokes Debate on Older Drivers 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s not the sort of comedy that gets a big belly laugh as much as it gets a wizened nod. Dennis Miller on 2020: ‘Why not Pelosi? What does it say about the Dems that they haven’t foisted her up?’ 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z So much analytical potential here: neither the youngest child nor the wizened social psychologist will ever leave Bekonscot disappointed. Shrinking the world: why we can't resist model villages 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Journalism, after all, is the pursuit of the publicizing of truth; it stands to reason that journalists like Ferguson, who guide these revelations, have an especially wizened outlook on the world. Journalist Jane Ferguson: America is on Saudi Arabia’s side in the Middle East 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z A decade later he battled an addiction to prescription medication after his jaw was shattered in a fight scene, an accident that left him wizened and led to false whispers he was dying of AIDS. Burt Reynolds, charismatic star of TV, movies and tabloids, dies at 82 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Thankfully, though, a wizened Marlowe has abandoned hope of reliving the carnal exploits of his youth. Lawrence Osborne does Raymond Chandler quite well, thank you 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Livingston’s subjects are eclectic, from the delicate ingénue Venus Xtravaganza to the wizened veteran Dorian Corey, but they all seem to take at least some comfort in their own theatrical self-mythology. Get ready for the premiere of Pose this Sunday by revisiting the real drag queens of Paris is Burning 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Some promote a vision of a youthful future, while others speak of their own wizened experience. In wide-open 2020 presidential field, Democrats are road-testing messages — and trying to redefine their party 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z Li was brought up by his grandmother, a tiny, wizened woman who sat beside him as he chatted. In China and India, there are 70 million more men than women. Here are the consequences. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The orchestra, a motley assortment of blond-haired youths and wizened, bald elders clutching violins, clarinets and other instruments, was seated at the front of the church. My Alarming, Inspiring Encounter with the Late Stephen Hawking 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z It all fitted a cliché of Japan’s boardrooms as an all-Japanese, all-male club where wizened bosses ruthlessly enforce wa, or harmony. Japan Inc gingerly embraces more foreigners 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z It’s downhill from there with the starters, although the wizened chicken wingettes, spiked with galangal and garlic, taste better than they look. Review | Esaan serves a delicious lesson in Northeastern Thai cuisine 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z In trading halls full of elderly day-traders, white-haired ladies sit alongside wizened men. Are men more irrationally exuberant than women? 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z In another, a thin and wizened teenage maid was found with her ears so swollen that doctors diagnosed it as a boxer’s injury. 'I won't do toilets': the unvarnished reality of life as a maid in India 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Wall posters depicted a wizened old woman in the midst of the bombing, declaring “American imperialists – wolves.” Americans once carpet-bombed North Korea. It's time to remember that past | Bruce Cumings 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The franchise has a long history of gifted young people getting help from wizened mentors, but that doesn’t appear to be the case here. Everything we learned about The Last Jedi from EW's feature story 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Looking like a wizened sage even when he was a young man, and with a flow that trades on lofty observation, Snoop Dogg’s self-made image is of a hip-hop elder statesman. Snoop Dogg's homophobia shows how old-school he truly is 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Cue muttering from the wizened seniors at the clubhouse bar: Erin Hills, which had only been established in 2006, was hardly befitting of the devilish US Open. Will the US Open be remembered for Brooks Koepka or Erin Hills? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z She wore a floral cotton dress and had long gray hair, which framed a face so wizened that her eyes were almost invisible. The Lost City of Z 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z If “Trainspotting” was an irreverent kid who considered heroin a playful pastime and thievery an essential life component, “T2” is its wizened older brother who understands consequences. Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’ a nostalgic trip toward adulthood 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z He may be supporting, but Bridges steals the show as a wizened, maverick Texas Ranger. Oscars 2017: Who's predicted to win, and other things to look out for - BBC News 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Carr Falsetta said she grew up near the bowling alley in Sunset Park, knocking around with the wizened neighborhood teenagers on the street. At Melody Lanes, Shoes and Attitude 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z If the Regrettes, appearing at Hollywood’s Amoeba Music for a free show on Jan. 26, are relative newcomers on the local scene, having only played their first show last February, Creevy is a wizened veteran. 'No, take me seriously': Meet the Regrettes and Cherry Glazerr, L.A.'s new faces of rock 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s true that the links between our carbon emissions and any particular drought are convoluted, but over all, climate change is as palpable as a wizened, glassy-eyed child dying of starvation. As Donald Trump Denies Climate Change, These Kids Die of It 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Small in stature, with a wizened face, a full-body apron and an ever-present beret perched on his head, he looked like one of Santa’s elves. Passing on secrets of boot-making is the task of a lifetime 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z And though the top categories are dominated by young acts — rather than the past-their-prime veterans the academy has often favored — many of them were nominated for music that takes a prematurely wizened view. How Adele and Beyoncé reflect the Grammys' conflicting impulses 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Fiver focuses not on grades and test scores but on character development—hence the use of a wizened rabbit with extraordinary interpersonal skills as a mascot. Building Children’s Characters Over the Long Haul 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr Juncker’s wizened features and sometimes halting delivery embodied the drain of power from the institution he represents. State of disunion 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z At 30 years old, he is still relatively young by the wizened standards of MMA heavyweights, but this is his first headlining bout for the promotion. Bellator’s Johnson prepares to fight after brother’s suicide 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z She was a tiny figure and her face was already rather wizened. Mother Teresa: The humble sophisticate - BBC News 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z This book nails the subculture perfectly, from the wizened old professionals at the bar to the writers and artists holding down tables to the actresses and cosplayers who are brought in as attractions. A Hundred Thousand Worlds captures the spirit of Comic-Con culture 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Taha was 61 and wizened, with a broad, snow-white beard, when he crossed into Syria for a meeting with Islamist rebel groups. Double game? Even as it battles ISIS, Turkey gives other extremists shelter 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Roving waters brandishing spits stacked with cuts of prime beef, lamb chops, pork sausages and even wizened black chicken hearts will insist on refilling your plate till you verge on bursting. Guide to visiting Rio for the Olympics, from safety to samba 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Down an alley of Tehran’s bazaar, a wizened peddler sells tea from a cart and compares the Shah’s reign with the current incumbents. Who’s in charge? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Time has transformed Joseph Miller from the wiry, short-statured, tattooed murder suspect into a wizened, haunted, hollowed-eyed convict staring out in a state prison mugshot at age 51. Compulsion to rape and kill: Inside killer’s mind 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z He arrived in Dadaab on a donkey cart in 1992, at the age of seven, with his mother and father: a thin, wizened man with hennaed hair and light eyes called Idris. Story of cities #44: will Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, really close? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The dissenters, who range from wizened elders to younger strategists and even elected officials, are loudly and publicly proclaiming their unwillingness to support Mr. Trump. Donald Trump’s Victory Has Some in G.O.P. Agonizing — or Bolting 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Even before the Kentucky Derby, he stirred the hearts of wizened clockers and handicappers with the way he glided over tracks from California to Arkansas. Nyquist likely to be Kentucky Derby favorite and four more story lines 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z There’s a church in the second Dark Souls that serves as a comparative safehouse, watched over by a legless, wizened hag in tattered robes. What you need to know before playing Dark Souls III 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Cooper is now in his early seventies, with an unstudied man bun and the wizened, tanned face of an apple doll. A Liquor for the Farm-to-Table Movement 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z With the exception of the roasted beets, which were wizened and insipid, the interplay of textures and tastes — nutty crunch, sour yogurt, sweet and vinegary beets — was marvelous. Review: At Unionville’s Cure Restaurant and Bar, Bacon Is Basic 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z One of the few women to be inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Schroeder is wizened and walks with a slight limp. Women expand their home on the range 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z A small, wizened woman dressed neatly in a skirt and sweater rises. Sharing goodness and making connections at Christmas 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Evil Dead,” wizened cult heroes sucking in their guts and returning for battle. Good news, ‘Mr. Show’ fans: Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’s new project is just like it 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z But, like the proverbial wizened former cop brought in for one last case, Jane is convinced to join the campaign of a failing candidate in Bolivia. Review: Bullock entertains as a ruthless campaign operative 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Another, showing a white-coated woman with a wizened corpse on her hip and a faraway look in her eyes, Doisneau entitled The Surprising Lightness of a Peruvian Mummy. Photography: Sedition in the stores : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The practice was gently lampooned in a Paul Noth cartoon in The New Yorker that depicts a woman introducing a wizened gentleman at a party. When Death Comes, and the Obituary Quickly Follows 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Now in the icy outer world once again, he looks at her and sees a tiny great-grandmother, wizened in her furs. Gone 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z A guard entered, striding with broad, confident steps over to where the wizened figure sat in front of the easel. The memory of trees : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Convincing them of the importance of keeping flattened, wizened sprigs is even tougher. Plant collections left in the cold by cuts 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Without Wall — who hasn’t been ruled out for the series but seems far from returning — the Wizards need Beal to be the youthful leader alongside the wizened Pierce. SNYDER: In best-of-seven series, Wizards must learn lessons, move on 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z “They show me their book, and I show them what I’ve done,” he said, waving a wizened hand across the photographs. Seniors breathe new life into old tomes at bookbindery 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z They saw that older, wizened females were the individuals most likely to lead younger whales to salmon feeding grounds, especially during lean times. Whale Grandmas' Longevity Linked to Knowledge 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Now, to hear the wizened observers tell it, there are just games upon games upon games, games through the high school season, the AAU-heavy offseason, including far-flung trips to play game after game. Another cold winter: Basketball finds itself in New York state of decline 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Full of craggy character, the 2013 Bedrock "Old Vine" Zinfandel carries the taste of dark, wizened berries, wild herbs, spice and peppercorns. Wine review: 2013 Bedrock Wine Co. 'Old Vine' Zinfandel 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z And the Alec Station analysts didn’t much like the wizened older case officers looking over their shoulders. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 Or was that just the sound of the event itself, a wizened monument to the egos of Marginally Important Men, creaking with age? At 20, ‘Funniest celebrity in Washington’ contest shows its age He picks each one up from the wizened vines and envisions what’s inside, assessing its potential as he taps on it gently, hearing and feeling the depth of the flesh. Grand Valley man carves eerily creative pumpkins 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Any wizened political hand will tell you that “staying positive” is laudable but “going negative” wins elections. How to Rein in Smears, Negative Ads and Campaign Attacks 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Gnarled and wizened with weather-beaten faces, the colour of teak, they look like ancient trees from a Japanese garden. The island looking to China for brides 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z As the brown-robed friar looked on, a wizened Crowheart opened with a prayer about how “we keep taking” from the earth, and how it’s time to stop. This is the way the world ends: Once-in-a-millennium drought a wakeup call for America 2014-03-30T18:30:00Z Meanwhile, wizened IT veterans understood the business ramifications and career ending implications of a major systems outage, data breach or software glitch. The Cloud As IT Disruptor: Andreessen and His Startups Show Why 2014-03-10T15:06:00Z The green mountains draw armies of gray-haired bargain hunters, who squeeze and prod the vegetables with the intensity of a wizened diamond trader. Beijing Journal: As Winter Nears, China Is Blanketed in Green 2013-12-12T01:28:19Z Mr. Shah said as his father-in-law, a wizened old man wearing something akin to a magician’s hat, sat cross-legged and nodded. Homesick Militants Are Offered a Way Back to Kashmir 2013-09-07T01:47:27Z But what appeared especially shocking to fans and onlookers was the contrast between Monteith's seemingly healthy appearance and the usual depiction of a heroin user - destitute, bedraggled and wizened. The heroin users who don't fit the "junkie" stereotype 2013-07-18T13:57:03Z The seamless thread of British postal history, bright red pillar boxes emblazoned with the royal crest, friendly staff in sub-post offices offering help to wizened pensioners, the warp and weft of … Oh, do give over. Royal Mail privatisation: the coalition goes where Thatcher feared to tread 2013-04-28T18:00:03Z And most intriguingly, he showed me how to turn the stomach inside out to reveal a tiny knobbly appendage that resembled the head of an ancient monk, complete with wizened face and long, straggly beard. The hairy crabs of eastern China 2012-12-15T00:33:43Z Some trees become like children; homeowners nurture dogwoods and cherries from infant saplings into sturdy grown-ups and wizened senior citizens, recording the passing of their own years by the gnarling bark and thickening trunk. After Hurricane Sandy, N.Y. Region Mourns Fallen Trees 2012-11-08T03:40:42Z No people live on them, although you half expect a wizened Japanese soldier to emerge from one of the caves, brandishing his rifle, thinking World War II is still being fought. IHT Rendezvous: How to Settle the Fight Over Some Guano-Covered Rocks 2012-09-23T05:01:42Z It was the Orioles who acted like a wizened first-place team with years of playoff experience. Orioles 6, Yankees 1: Orioles Beat Yankees to Trim Lead to 2 Games 2012-09-01T02:29:53Z Tends, these days, to be wizened black berries crushed in a grinder. Pepper's progress 2012-08-22T19:00:04Z The world economy doesn't need any more bad news at the moment, but the pathetically shrunken cobs in Marion's fields may be wizened heralds of blows yet to land. Why US drought could affect us all 2012-08-09T12:14:53Z This is the new Burnett, a wizened old saw at 35, with collected wisdom as varied and vast as the tableau of tattoos across his body. A. J. Burnett Brings Steady Presence to Pirates 2012-06-15T00:45:47Z He's now a wizened 74-year-old, retired after serving 40 years as chief of his village. What happened to Mao's revolution? 2012-06-07T23:28:40Z It’s her doing,” one of the wizened dwarves declares admiringly. Why Do Critics Hate Kristen Stewart’s Snow White? 2012-06-05T10:45:08Z “I feel lovely; it’s her doing,” one of the wizened dwarves declares admiringly. Why Do Critics Hate Kristen Stewart's Snow White? 2012-06-05T12:05:46Z But in the post-Palin landscape, tapping a dull, wizened bureaucrat who’s viewed as ready to lead may be the best politics. Handicapping the Veepstakes: Why the Clamor for Christie May Go Unheeded 2012-04-23T12:35:38Z At length a puckered frown overspread his wizened face, and he beat upon the table with his fingers with the air of a man who has sustained a momentary check. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z It deserves a chapter, anyway, because if it were not for the atmosphere this earth of ours would be a wizened and sterile lump. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Crouch was small and wizened; Whisker broad, florid and colossal. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z For instance, in her old age—or rather in what would have passed for old age in any other woman—she took an interest in a wizened, monkey-like boy of the people. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Prissy picked out a small boy of stunted aspect, but whose face was old and wizened. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z He was about fifty years of age, wizened and bent. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z And your children will be dwarfed and wizened and puny! The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Indeed, it may even be said that his little, shrunk and wizened figure was a kind of stormy petrel: his very presence was a certain signal that danger and adventure were at hand. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z He himself was wizened, white of hair, and seventy-eight years old. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The effort made by the little wizened sea-captain upon that eventful morning is worthy to rank with anything that was ever told by the poets of classic days. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z He was a little wizened Brahmin, with the thin blue lines of his caste carefully painted on his wrinkled forehead. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z It was during these days that the boys came to love the wizened half-caste in whose hands was their fate. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z "Speak up, my lad," said Crouch--the expression upon whose thin, wizened face had hardened--"speak up, and say nothing but the truth." Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Among her maddest admirers was a wizened, monkey-faced youth who even then was writing anarchistic doctrines that one day were to help shake France's worm-eaten old monarchy to its fall. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z And so it came about that they three left the Explorers' Club together, Max in the middle, with his gigantic uncle on one hand, and the little wizened sea-captain on the other. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The justice is crossing the road now, and that Bishop with him; and that little wizened chap of a clerk that makes up the Salutation books. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Bushy, yellow hair straggled down about his ears and partially framed a clean-shaven, wizened face in which were combined the paradoxical qualities of extreme aggressiveness and childish petulance. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Perchance even at this very instant, while the wizened little man was gazing out so dreamily, fresh horrors were being enacted. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Yes, they were right, and had better go and save their wizened carcases. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z For some minutes the little wizened sea-captain spoke aloud to himself. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z They are small in girth and are usually stunted and wizened in aspect, as if the conditions of their existence were not kindly. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z I doubt if Jacob, in the whole course of his wizened little life, had ever a hand in an honest game that was not haunted by the dread of the avenging policeman. A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z I lied manfully that he did not seem more than thirty-five, though, poor, wizened little chap, I would have put him down at ten years above his age. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Beside the platform stood a wizened and elderly little man in tweeds. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Still, though Edward said nothing, Max knew well enough that he thanked the little, wizened captain in his heart, and was conscious of the debt he owed him. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Shrimp, shrimp, n. a genus of edible crustaceans, of the order Decapoda, allied to lobsters, crayfish, and prawns: a little wizened or dwarfish person.—v.i. to catch shrimps.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Other Moors had blue eyes, and in no other feature of this wizened, haggard creature but his eyes could he trace a resemblance to Ralph Warriner; but he had no doubt. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z He was a small, wizened man, with gray hair and a slight stoop. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z It stopped within a yard of the child's wizened little hand that rested idle on the rug. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z But as the steps drew nearer, he beheld a little, wizened figure that had something strangely familiar about it, and his heart beat more violently still when he recognised his old enemy, La Souris! When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z "Go thy ways to bed now, lad," said she to the ugly, wizened serving-man. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z It was only the rather thin and wizened visage of a prematurely aged boy, who had, in his wild-animal sort of way, undertaken to be her champion. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z A race at an end, the jockeys, carrying their saddles, trooped to the judges' stand to be weighed, and I was shocked by their wizened, preternaturally cunning faces. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z A child with a wizened little old face, and with a skeleton body which was powerless from the waist down. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Their dark bark is rugged and blocky, giving even younger trees a wizened look. City Room: A Ghostly Architecture of Naked Trees 2011-12-09T17:30:46Z On her little wizened body and spare limbs she wore a black silk dress, which was perpetually on the rustle: for this little woman could never sit still for an instant. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Spring, too, brought wizened Mr. Pryse, the agent, intrusively prying round the farm, his half-shut eyes scanning homestead and tillage with eager craving to discover signs of the mismanagement over which rumour had been busy. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z The instant the vehicle stopped, the hall door was opened, and a little wizened, shrunken man came down the steps. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z And we saw also a very fine mummy, as black, and dried, and wizened, as any old Pharaoh could be. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z He was the same little wizened old man, with the slight stoop, and the sunken eyes which looked out so keenly from under the thick, overhanging thatch of his shaggy eyebrows. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Now, Katel had a wizened little page, no bigger than a leveret, and as black as a raven's wing. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z "Liar!" screamed back a wizened woman with a pink headscarf. Roles Reversed at Libyan Jail Protest 2011-11-09T01:52:20Z He had been mistaken, then, and the shrunken and wizened man seated before him with eyes staring and mouth agape could not be Mr. Shei. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z You must imagine a little wizened, sorry face, shrunk at the temples, with a pointed forehead, nose and chin, cold, bright eyes, and thin, in-drawn lips. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Mr. Luker did not smile--a smile was probably another thing of which he was incapable--but his wizened features assumed a curious aspect. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Crippled Sarah, wizened and sallow, was infinitely more interesting to the distinguished host Between him and her a very strong bond existed. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z For he grew so wizened, dried up, thin, and of such piteous appearance that dogs used to start barking at the sight of him, as they do at beggars with their bundles. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Then the curious visitor is shown a large oil painting of a pair of bright bay horses with a little wizened driver riding one of them. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z For the sniper—to whom by this time he had 72 credited the size of Goliath at the very least—proved to be a wizened little fellow, not much more than five feet tall. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z His sombre, wizened face seemed to light with pleasure at scenes of cruelty and despair. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z It was of a small, wizened old man with gray whiskers. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z This Slimbroek was an ugly, wizened, lean and puny personage, white-faced, underhung in the jaw like a fox, and nicknamed the Red on account of the colour of his hair. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z He is a little wizened old man with a nose like a bird's beak and he wears huge thick spectacles. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z The first time I saw the dirty, wizened little face with the sunken eyes, darkly-burning, sorrowful, and yet intelligent eyes, it went to my heart. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z And however the great god Mars may have shrunk and gone wizened in the world, it still annoys me to hear him so blasphemed. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z A wizened old Malay, with a crooked back and bereft of one eye, rose and shook a spear venomously. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z He was a very wizened grey little fellow. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z The other gallant warriors were now nothing more than a mob of badly-dressed scarecrows, lean and wizened, but, as one of them said, “good enough food for powder.” South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Into this book Hamsun has introduced a curious parody of the hero, a little wizened cripple who is like a deformed reflection of Nagel. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Ah, the joys of links golf, wizened veterans nodded sagely, unfazed by the seeming eccentricity of people hitting little white balls along a mournful English coastline in the midst of a howling storm. Links golf? More like crazy golf 2011-07-16T20:30:12Z Dozens of wizened children lie on rough wool blankets — nurses say probably fewer than half will make it — their skin slack, their eyes glassy, their heads far too big for their bodies. Misery Follows as Somalis Try to Flee Hunger 2011-07-16T02:02:20Z He is described by Mr. Browning in the poem as “the thin, grey, wizened, dwarfish devil Ecelin.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I and Ol� Ark got a dry blessing with three wizened fingers, and a fresh absolution for ten years' sins. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z There walks into the room a wizened Jewish picture dealer, who has all these years been playing on the vanity of the younger man for his own gain. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z But for some reason we continue to believe that politics -- the formal right to run -- ought to be the exclusive province of wizened graybeards. Why should holding office be for old people only? 2011-06-26T15:01:00Z The little wizened man in horn-rimmed spectacles, who vibrated around his long platform, checking rolls and bales and boxes as they were loaded into the trucks, had already the appearance of wearied distraction. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z The former was a small, though more wizened, edition of her husband; the latter, however, were handsome girls of the true Spanish type. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z A little wizened, elderly man with grey hair closely cropped to his head, and dressed in a decorous lounge suit of black, came drooping into the room. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z He was an old man, with wizened features and small, bright eyes. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z The guide—a little, wizened creature, certainly more than half Bushman—and I, led the procession. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The Boer leant forward across the table and grasped the Jew’s wizened shoulder in his enormous hand. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Mr. Hamilton’s face, wizened like the Old Man’s, lit up. Franconia Journal: On a Somber Mission to Restore the Missing Face of a Mountain 2011-06-11T23:50:04Z Over Papa’s wizened face a look of startled intelligence slowly spread itself. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Within, a tall wizened man, with dead fishy eyes, stalked nervously to and fro on a platform, beside which a hastily constructed coffin with a hasped cover stood on three sawhorses. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z The Baron looked like a wizened little gnome. Little Erik of Sweden 2011-06-07T02:00:12.210Z Then there came a voice from a small, wizened man sitting on Atiba's left, a Yoruba older than the rest, with sweat pouring down the wrinkles of his long dark face. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "None whatever!" muttered the intruder, a thin, wizened, yet still active-looking person. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z “Who is he?” with eyes they question; “Who is he?” they ask aloud; Hush! a wizened hag comes hobbling, Panting, through the wondering crowd. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z The wizened face grew grave, but only as the screen darkens between the pictures; next instant it was alight with the ineffable joy of gratified monomania. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Little Bear lifted his head, his wizened, smoked face more a black, carved mask than a human countenance. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z Cautiously a small shape with wizened face slid from out the mystic shadows, lugging a rifle twice his length. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z As he entered, a man, thin, wizened, though active looking, turned around. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z From the excitement in the eyes of the wizened old man who sold me the tapes, I judged that they might contain something unusual. Week in Review: A Reporter?s Quest for Osama bin Laden, the Unholy Grail 2011-05-07T21:10:10Z There he sat, his wizened old face happy and cunning, eating the peas. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z They are you before you became hardened and wizened, before you experienced sorrow, before you went all cynical on the world. In Defense of Motherhood: If Kids Are So Bad for Us, Why Do We Have Them? 2011-05-06T17:11:32Z But his father stretched his wizened hand slowly out, and said, with difficulty, "Thou art come at the right time!" without adding whether he spoke of the preachings or of their separation. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z The wizened little man looked singularly upset; he had a couple of heavy books under his arm: and two large white quills, one behind each ear, gave him the look of a frightened stork. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Billy-the-Gawk straightened his crooked back, opened wide his rheumy eyes, pursed up his wizened cheeks, and emitted a low, long whistle. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z One tenant who does so regularly is 76-year-old Johnny DeVincenzo, a wizened, excitable, jockey-size man who does not speak about his prison record but revels in his aspiration to the Guinness Book of Records. Keys to a Castle 2011-04-02T15:45:10Z Against Milan's wizened campaigners, his performance belied his tender years. Sandro: 'I told my brother: I'll be the player we should both have been' 2011-04-01T23:06:10Z The wizened, wrinkled little creature was almost buried in layer after layer of clothing that might have first been worn by Noah's wife. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z In the meanwhile the wizened little man had succeeded in once more collecting his papers together. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z From the middle of the throng behind him the sumner drew out an elderly woman with a hard and wizened face. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z In process of time, as he lay wakefully with his head upon the pillow, he became aware of the figure of a little wizened old man hirpling towards the fire. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z White-haired and wizened, one side of his face shattered from bullet wounds sustained in an assassination attempt, Mr. Posada stared expressionless during the testimony. Castro Enemy Said to Have Recounted Role in Attacks 2011-03-17T02:59:33Z The heap of clothes turned out to be a wizened old lady. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z And a wizened little figure dressed in seedy black, with lean shanks encased in coarse woollen stockings, shuffled into the room. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Outside, on the gravel path, the old woman stood with the light of the lamp that burned in the hall on her wizened face. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z He was a life-long paralytic and wizened like an old man, and deaf and dumb. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z An aged dandy, masked, painted, wizened, and dressed like Henri II, tottered by with a young girl on his arm, his shrill, falsetto giggle piercing the racket around them. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Mahadua had answered the gong summons and was waiting, his small, wizened face carrying myriad wrinkles of excited interest. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z "Thank you, Monsieur; thank you, gentlemen," said the wizened individual humbly; "it is a matter of—er—figures." Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Lopez, a wizened, shrewd, and sufficiently trustworthy half-breed, was not betraying his employer. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Some of their faces looked very wizened and small beneath their great shrapnel helmets. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z “Pitty Sing” chuckled softly, but there were tears in the old, wise little blue eyes set so incongruously in a tiny, wizened face no bigger than a baby’s. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z At the gate he picked up his man, and, riding leisurely along, sought to learn from that wizened old Hindu the horsewoman's name. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z A pathetic little figure is my hero, With a sparse and wizened beard, and straggly hair, Upon which is perched a sort of a sombrero Such as operatic brigands love to wear. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z All nature had put on a wizened, wolfish, wintry appearance. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z He was a little, pitiful, wizened, herring-gutted man, in a flaxen wig, with a weasel’s face, brightened by some intellect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z With a disbelieving look on his wizened, tobacco-stained face, the sheik signed a receipt. A Colleague Killed, a Conversation Cut Short 2010-09-01T01:06:00Z In Bali, her final destination, she planned to devote herself to prayer, studying under a wizened medicine man named Ketut. Eat Pray Love: Happily Ever After? 2010-08-12T17:00:00Z He bowled Alex Hales with a delivery so sweet even the wizened sages in the press box were whistling through their teeth. Maurice Chambers's 10-wicket haul helps Essex destroy Nottinghamshire 2010-07-07T17:52:00Z While Grand Theft Auto is filled with comedy gangsters, Red Dead Redemption has wizened old snake-oil salesmen, cowardly drunks and educated prospectors scared senseless of the nightmare in which they find themselves. Red Dead Redemption: best game ever? 2010-05-09T20:00:00Z Picture the experience in most of today's college classrooms: a vast amphitheater where a wizened professor drones through a long lecture about what he knows. The Classroom In 2020 2010-04-08T22:00:00Z Kim Jong Il may be increasingly wizened and frail, with fingernails white from kidney disease, but his propaganda apparatus is as vigorous as ever. North Korea on the Edge 2010-03-26T22:31:00Z More striking than its size was its diversity — young immigrants and wizened retirees, pretty actresses and tired parents. 2010-01-16T06:30:00Z She stood now, regarding her companions in suffering with her big violet eyes and almost contentedly chewing some wizened herbage gathered by the man overnight. The Great Mogul You should have seen the little wizened man jump at the word. Deep Moat Grange The foremost was a seven-year-old negro girl, in a single short cottonade garment, wizened, barelegged and bareheaded, her black wool parted in little angular patches and tightly wrapped with bits of cord. The Valiants of Virginia Even his movements were gentle, as though to match his voice and the dark eyes, deep-set in his prematurely wizened face, held the wistful puzzled sadness of a monkey's. Beggars on Horseback It is on record that once when a mother was leaning over a wizened changeling the latch lifted and a fairy came in, carrying home again the wholesome stolen baby. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The wizened young violin-player fancied himself an omnipotent power among women. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Mr. Hopkins also had a daughter three or four years older than Michael—a wizened little girl called Flossie who spoke in a sort of hiss and wore very conspicuous underclothing of red flannelette. Sinister Street, vol. 1 From the seat, a small, wizened, old woman looked at the crowd on the street. The Year When Stardust Fell Dan was always smiling, but there was a smile on the wizened, puckered, honest old face now that seemed to bubble out all over it. The Night Operator The two attendants, who were small, thin, and wizened almost beyond belief, immediately began to anoint my face and hands with some sweet-smelling essences taken from the bottles they had brought with them. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance He was tall, lean, and wizened, in spite of the false plumpness of his thick white furs. Underground Man A table stood in its centre, and a small and wizened man, red-eyed and old, glided in and laid upon the table—oh, joy—oh, triumph almost reached!—a glowing-red cardinal's robe. Life on the Stage His little wizened face was white with agitation, and he stood, with his eyes cast to the ground, waiting for Copley to speak. Hard Pressed The little wizened old woman pecked at the pale cheek which her great-niece offered her, and stumped out of the room. A Traitor's Wooing Personally she liked Guise, and he had a soft side to the wizened old woman who had done and plotted so many things—among others the night of Saint Bartholomew. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Her handwriting had been spidery enough, and he pictured her hopefully as small and wizened. Plashers Mead A Novel Her dress was in disorder, her face wizened with deep lines beneath her eyes and hollows in her cheeks. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary Around him squatted a dozen or so of much older men, grey-bearded and wizened—being, in fact, his amapakati, or councillors. A Veldt Vendetta He started up, the measured treads of his own robots sounding reassuringly behind him.... t was about a week later that Robert sat relaxed in the armchair before his own telescreen, facing Henry's wizened visage. Manners of the Age But on this road, in the dust, a travelling harp-player was trudging along, accompanied by a wizened little boy and a still more wizened monkey. Anne But though his grey face was all wizened up with trouble and wet with tears, he never so much as once looked behind him, lest his sons should cry after him, or he turn back. The Three Mulla-mulgars She had never been beautiful, always little and sharp and sometimes even wizened. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary Bartle could not help but feel there was something deep inside him that did not show in that wizened and seemingly open little face. Tape Jockey Mbopo, who plainly stood in great awe of the wizened potentate, fell on his face in salute. The Blind Lion of the Congo Pretty soon a small, wizened figure made its appearance in the distance, hurrying and talking excitedly as it came near enough to see two foreign ladies seated upon the piazza. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition And he looked at them with his eyes wizened up as if they were creatures of no account. The Three Mulla-mulgars A chair, with a mass of horse-clothing and furs, surmounted by a little yellow wizened face, was next borne by, to which Lord Lackington bowed courteously, saying, "Your Excellency improves at every hour." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day And as he looked, an edge of silver shone on the distant rim of the waters; and then the moon, misshapen, wizened and darkling, heaved sluggishly up from the deeps. The Destroying Angel The old wizened chap came out after us with a long iron which he stuck in the fire. The Blind Lion of the Congo Beside him sat his secretary, a wizened little man who stared numbly at his clasped hands. The Star Lord Dragged up out of the hold, Dead on his last way home, Worn-out, wizened, a Chinee old,— O he is safe—at home! p. 74Brother, I stand not as these Staring upon you here. Songs of the Army of the Night "What d' ye mean,—do ye want to break in the door?" cried a harsh voice, as the wizened, hag-like face of a very dirty old woman appeared from the third story. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day And the cook will, in all likelihood, be a wizened, yellow little man, smelling of "arrack," and much given to peculation. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 The wizened, malevolent face writhed open, but it was only the angry squall of an ordinary infant that came out. Special Delivery Vogel contemptuously took him by the arm and led him to a workbench where a wizened persimmon of a man performed deft lightnings with rivets and air wrench. Felony I can see her little wizened figure at this moment as if she were here before my eyes. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. He was short and stout, had a round wizened face freckled to the fuscous tint of a russedon apple, and was endowed with a voice which had all the husky sonority of a greengrocer's. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The war over two years and–” Just then the astonished and frightened face of a little, wizened old lady appeared in the kitchen doorway. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp He now was a man of comfortable wealth, he gravely informed his friend–a wizened individual with piercing eyes. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance And the wizened little face, with its eldritch eyes and tangled hair, was withdrawn, and the door began to close. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 A minute later, Jean looked up to see a bent, wizened old hag standing in the doorway, bobbing respectfully. The Wilderness Trail The Breton fairies, like others of their race, are fond of kidnapping mortal children and leaving in their places wizened elves who cause the greatest trouble to the distressed parents. Legends & Romances of Brittany She was slight and wizened, and stood straight. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp Her face was wrinkled and puckered, wizened and brown; her eyes were close set, and beyond her thin lips protruded three or four yellow fangs, rendering her perfectly hideous. The Count's Chauffeur He was a wizened, dried-up little man, not much more than five feet in height. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold When the commissary had left him, Charley Seguis's brow clouded with annoyance as he saw a bent, wizened female figure approaching him. The Wilderness Trail Again, if the wizened occupant of the cradle can be made to laugh that is accepted as proof of its fairy nature. Legends & Romances of Brittany He was a tall man, with gray, unkempt hair, and long, wizened face. The Moving Finger He was in the presence of the mighty Zar and his three escorts were bowing themselves from the huge room in which the wizened monarch sat enthroned. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Tattered, tearless, wonder-wild, From that under-world below, Bring a wizened child of seven 16 Reeking from the City slime, Out of hell into your heaven, Set her knee-deep in the thyme. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems And Nicholas, the fears and imaginings of a volatile race blanching his wizened features, rocks unsteadily across the floor. An Ocean Tramp He turned, and looking down at the little wizened man, asked: “Well, Captain?” In the Heart of a Fool The first was a small, wizened figure with heavy glasses. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Up through the wizened crowds She stole, as steals the moon Through clouds Of flowery mist in June. Collected Poems Volume One Meanwhile—the bitterness—the disappointments—the humiliations—ah, in a moment, how they had grown shrunken, and wizened, and old! The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel Flat against the window of a second-floor room, and intently watching the bear, was the pale, wizened, evil face of Squeaks! The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country It was hairy, of middle height, and its dark skin all over was wizened and coarse, almost like the bark of a tree. The Passing of Ku Sui He had a small, wizened face, and he wore a fur-lined overcoat, in which it was evident that he still suffered from the cold. The Romance of a Plain Man He looked up at Lance, and a smile broke forth on his wizened, sharp little face. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 "Well, not quite extinct perhaps, but shrunken, wasted, wizened; rattling about here like the dried kernel of a nut." The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Lee Gorman sat back, narrowed his eyes as he looked at the wizened little man with the giant obsession. The Big Tomorrow "They took my Sally," screamed a wizened woman, the tears raining down her checks. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 I think I must have been smiling, for when Ump looked up at me, his wizened face was so serious that I burst out into a loud laugh. Dwellers in the Hills He seemed to have shrunk back into his clothes until he was but a little, wizened man. The Harbor of Doubt On her other side was a wizened little old fellow with a wrinkled face and ribs corrugated like a saguaro. The Hohokam Dig The keeper was a wizened little Welshman from the Chibut who spoke English with an extraordinary mixture of a Spanish intonation and a Cimbrian accent. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 The wizened old creature trembled as she spoke, and scarce lifted her eyes. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine What knowledge, how gained, justified Est�ban's wizened saws? The Spanish Jade Fergus did as he was bidden, and as he opened the door a flash of lightning showed him, standing at the threshold, a little wizened old man with a small harp under his arm. Irish Fairy Tales The boy grinned, a queer contortion of his wizened little face with more mischief in it than mirth. Treasure Valley Bell and Jamison started out well before dawn with a favorable wind and tide, in the small launch the wizened Welshman placed at their disposal. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 She saw a shrunken, wizened woman with a sad face. Shaman For the tiny figure of the old man before him, wizened with age and wrinkled past belief, before his eyes shook off not ten or twenty years, but one hundred and fifty! Mr. Wicker's Window 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. Irish Fairy Tales The reflected light from the glimmering pond lit up the small, wizened countenance, and for the first time he noted the signs it bore of cruel suffering and ill usage. Treasure Valley He was wizened and wrinkled, yet fiery, unsubdued. The Rainbow She had red eyes, a wizened, pinched-up face, and her nose was sharp and hooked, and almost reached to her chin. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Chris asked, his courage ebbing as he pictured to himself the dark little shop with its bow window of small panes, and Mr. Wicker, so thin and wizened he seemed only bones and wrinkles. Mr. Wicker's Window “He started up, and who should he see but a little wizened old man”––p. Irish Fairy Tales Boscoe, a wizened little tinsmith, with the grime of his trade upon him, looked vacuously to his front, and buried his nose in his pot of beer. The Tale of Timber Town The wizened creature lowered his voice on the last words, and his knowing eyes spoke volumes. The Copper-Clad World Old, wizened Professor Michael, gazing at him covertly, smothered a sigh. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Mr. Wicker rose from his chair, and now he stood six feet, no longer wizened, no longer feeble. Mr. Wicker's Window Then she looked up into the wizened, discontented face of the old man opposite to her. Frances Kane's Fortune For a moment he struggled furiously, but it was child's play for the big man to hold him, while a small, wizened man sat in his underclothing upon the edge of his bunk and laughed. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country He devoted himself entirely to his pigs, and wandered about looking more wizened every day. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition These dwarf babies were known as changelings, and were recognisable by their puny and wizened forms. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas She had merely the comeliness of tanned and hair-bleached peasant youth; he was wizened, lined, browned and bent. The Belovéd Vagabond The man was lean and wizened, twisted like a vine-shoot, with long, dust-coloured hair and a melancholy, impassive face that seemed carved out of old oak. The Frontier "Why don't he come?" whispered the wizened man. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country I doubt if Jacob, in the whole course of his wizened little life, had ever a hand in an honest game that was not haunted by the spectre of the avenging policeman. The Battle with the Slum There was another carpenter at work in the loft, a little wizened old man. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius So he soothed her and explained, while our two fellow passengers, a wizened old peasant and his wife, regarded them stolidly. The Belovéd Vagabond He was a spare, wizened old man: perhaps his work, like Dante's, had made him "lean for many years." In the Tail of the Peacock If he caught me—" The wizened man shuddered and babbled on, "An' if he didn't, the Mounted would. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country There was a child in a rusty double perambulator that had been a stylish baby-carriage only a little while ago, whose wizened face and shrunken hands were pitiable to see. The Dop Doctor I pondered till my Aunt Gary broke out upon me, that I would grow a wizened old woman if I sat musing at that rate, and sent me to bed. Daisy Every other medical man, if not a grey-headed fossil or a wizened woman-hater, has had similar episodes; many strange—some even startling. The Seven Secrets With a volubility and energy of speech little to be expected from his wizened appearance, the hedger and ditcher entered into details of his job. The Toilers of the Field “I don’t see any one here who—” He paused as a wizened, middle-aged Mexican got up from the other end of the room and came toward them. Shoe-Bar Stratton If we could kill the wizened, little, big-headed thing, we might have a chance. The Raid on the Termites She was an old woman, and her face was wizened and deeply lined. When Winter Comes to Main Street He seemed smaller than ever, wizened and frail; the wisp of white hair that concealed his baldness fell forward grotesquely. The Hero But many of us can remember the first Jerseys, and what a reproach their wizened bodies and piebald hides were in any herd. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Dashwood smiled, and the smile was reflected with interest in the wizened, mahogany-coloured face that looked up at his own from under the rim of the steel helmet. With Haig on the Somme She complained of headache, and she looked old and wizened. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands A smile of childlike pleasure transfigured Uncle Israel’s wizened old face. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Her agent, a swarthy and wizened little Asiatic, who spoke imperfect English, gave this information, and ordered the most sumptuous suite of rooms in the house. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages On one of the man’s shoulders perched a wizened little monkey that every now and then tugged at its master’s grizzled hair or chattered in his ear. Madge Morton's Victory This was a wizened creature of about fifty, in rusty black, widow of a stonemason and mother of four children—'four livin',' she said with some significance. The Convert His head and bones ached most of the time, and he was getting a sober, old, wizened face. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success Uncle Israel’s wizened old face, with its 168 fringe of white whisker, beamed with the joy of a scientist who has made a new and important discovery. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Though, nonsense! my wizened old face is enough to cure him,’ and she tried to laugh. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He invested the place with a living atmosphere; conjured up a staff of family retainers, notably one Marie-Joseph Loufoque, the wizened old major-domo, with his long white whiskers and blue and silver livery. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol A glistening bead rolled slowly down his wizened cheek, and the interview on the hearth went on without interruption: "Mew—mew—mew." A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time He looked in the glass, and found himself to be yellow, and wrinkled, and wizened. The Bertrams His face was small, with wizened features, moustache, and pointed beard; and though only forty-five years of age, there were decided silver threads among the brown. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot He was a small man, gray-headed, with a wrinkled, wizened face, and eyes of faded blue. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The queer little creature made a comical effort to grasp it, and at the same time shake his wizened head with a show of monkey intelligence. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening He was an elderly man, with shaggy eyebrows and a wizened face; a diminutive creature with a tousled head of black and gray. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time "That's it," said a lean, wizened, pale-faced little man in a corner, whose trembling hand was resting on a beaker of gin and water. Ralph the Heir One can picture her—feeble, wizened, and small, her eyes bright with the determination to live until she has seen her home again. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France He crouched in his chair, a wizened, frightened, unhappy, oldish man. The Innocents A Story for Lovers 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. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" She took the old woman in her arms and kissed her wizened cheeks. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time "Perhaps it might tho'," said the little wizened man in a corner, whose gin and water apparently did not comfort him. Ralph the Heir Dona and Marjorie were crammed in between a stout woman, who nursed a basket containing a mewing kitten, and a wizened little man with an irritating cough. A Patriotic Schoolgirl When that little wizened man came in, we almost died!” blurted out Peggy. The Cricket His face looked old and wizened and haunted from the strain. Mr. Opp This wizened elf of a man had seen clear through their precious scheme in an instant, and, worst of all, it had not advanced an inch. A Son of the Immortals Stemm was hardly more than five feet high, and was a wizened dry old man, with a very old yellow wig. Ralph the Heir No, there she is—the wizened up one in black. Mufti She looked at his little wizened face, muffled up in his coat collar, and his little pinched hands on the wheel. The Cricket Then an old wizened fellow, a haji from his green turban showing he had seen Mecca, came up and they conversed. In Mesopotamia |
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