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Grammar : Verb
Spell : won
Phonetic Transcription : wɒn

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Définition of wanning

Origin :
  • Old English wann "dark, lacking luster," later "leaden, pale, gray," of uncertain origin, and not found in other Germanic languages. The connecting notion is colorlessness. Perhaps related to wane.
  • As in etiolate : verb weaken
Example sentences :
  • Wanning strolled aimlessly after her into the reception room.
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  • Wanning lingered behind his wife, looking at her in the mirror.
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  • “I think he is just right for it, Florence,” put in Mrs. Wanning.
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  • When the maid appeared at the door, Wanning went out through the bathroom to his own sleeping chamber.
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  • When Wanning went down to dinner he found his wife already at her chair, and the table laid for four.
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  • They had been rushed, time and again, and Mrs. Wanning had repeatedly steeled herself to bear the blow.
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  • When he went anywhere with his three ladies, Wanning always felt very well done by.
  • Extract from : « A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays » by Willa Cather
  • Wanning rose and walked aimlessly down the hall and out through the dining-room.
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  • It was a satisfaction to Wanning to name the organ that had betrayed him, while all the rest of him was so sound.
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  • Wanning leaned against the china closet and talked to Sam for nearly half an hour.
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