wan

[US]/wɒn/
[UK]/wɑːn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. pale; lacking blood color; having a sickly appearance
vt. & vi. to become pale
adv. weakly
n. weakness

Phrases & Collocations

tsuen wan

Example Sentences

the wan dawn light.

a wan, drawn face.

She looked wan and fragile.

she was looking wan and bleary-eyed.

The government’s popularity has waxed and waned over the past year.

In the waning days of the Republic, the Bando Gora cult terrified many through horrific acts of violence.

Some undefinable time later, Obi-Wan felt his head and shoulders breach the surface of the lightless ocean.

"You'd better check that," Obi-Wan said."There was a test system override and a cross-tech flareup with a monitor glitch that fried the subsystem.Let me show you.

Together with PG&E, Silkwood makes it clear that the Court's enthusiasm for preemption in the nuclear area has waned considerably since it affirmed Northern States Power in 1972.

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