| What might have propelled me out of my seat was wanness. |
| Since that little cloud was dispelled all the temporary waste and wanness have vanished. |
| The ghastly little skull-cap showed forth its wanness rigidly. |
| Then he took the perfumed linen sheet, wrapped it round him as a mantle, and turned away, to the wanness of the chill dawn. |
| She saw no talons or beak, but a wanness which, indeed, suggested a skeleton. |
| She doesn't offer the customary music hall vivacity or bleached wanness. |
