adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a waxen complexion
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had stooped to kiss her cold cheek and smelt in the hollow of her neck the waxen odour of death.
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He took out the waxen figure which also contained straw and fat from a hanged man.
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Sandoz looked waxen , the skin beneath his eyes purplish.
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The water bounces off the waxen leaves.
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When he laid his hand against the old man's waxen cheek it was already cold.