Her wanness made the portrait striking against the dark velvet backdrop.

The artist painted the portrait to capture the subtle wannesses of the subject after a long illness.

In the ancient ballad, the hero wan glory and honor for his deeds.

She wrote wan on the handwritten card to mimic the Irish pronunciation of the number.

She looked wan after the long illness.

The wan of his face betrayed how ill he truly was.

The company upgraded its WAN to improve remote office connectivity.

She looked wanned after the long illness, her cheeks hollow and eyes dull.

In old Scottish speech, the prefix wan- was sometimes attached to nouns and adjectives to indicate 'bad' or 'un-', so a miser might be described as wan-hearted.

Modern enterprises rely on multiple WANs to connect their regional offices securely.