as in sallow
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Recent Examples of waxen
Instead, the moss’s telltale sign of woe is its glum, grayish hue, a waxen appearance that comes from ferns and algae that have crept over it.
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Sabrina Imbler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
Sabrina Imbler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waxen
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During a visit in August with two Times reporters, Mr. Perez’s skin was sallow.Aimee Ortiz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
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An awkward, sallow, provincial, minor army officer, Napoleon, was irresistibly drawn to Joséphine, attracted by her proximity to the most powerful men in France.Anne Higonnet, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
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Uh oh—that box of crayons has melted into a waxy mess.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
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Rich, velvety, and savory palate, waxy notes, and oak tannins end on a finish that lasts forever.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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The company, which relies heavily on sales in mainland China where Arc’teryx and Salomon are especially popular, suffered from fears of weak consumer demand given the pallid state of the Chinese economy.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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Blend it in with a finger, a brush, or a sponge, and voila: a summery, outdoorsy flush to keep ashen winter skin at bay.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
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Chapman had a sickly husband and took in foster girls to help pay the bills.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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The massive four-story brownstone is the sickly shade of green mold, except in the places the façade has chipped off completely.Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
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Some perspective: Even though Bryce Young improved significantly in the second half of the season as Carolina’s quarterback, his numbers and wins pale in comparison to what Darnold and Mayfield have done.Charlotte Observer, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
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To see the sun so diminished, so pale and sickly in the midwinter sky, was unnerving.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
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Plus, the kid isn’t dead either, as his flailing pale self that looks on the verge of the cadaverous pops out of the trunk Jack shoves him in.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
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Moreover, keeping the cadaverous Biden in the White House is a daily reminder to the American people of the feebleness and anemia of the Democratic Party, which taints Harris by association.Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
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The ball drop draws on a maritime tradition Ochs asked the Times' chief electrician, Walter Palmer, to come up with a New Year's Eve spectacle that didn't involve ashy firework debris raining down on revelers.Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Platinum blond shades have been trendy in recent years, with stars like Florence Pugh, Lady Gaga and Ashley Benson lightening their locks and embracing ashy peroxide shades.Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Waxen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waxen. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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