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careworn

[kair-wawrn, -wohrn] / ˈkɛərˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn /




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Carthy's voice is careworn but it's never less than compelling.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2025

If you didn’t say hear a security guard say, “It’s Elvis Presley!” you wouldn’t know Michael Shannon’s careworn, sullen Elvis was supposed to be the King.

From New York Times Jun. 27, 2022

There's the careworn, eccentric female lead, equally brilliantly realized by newcomer to the screen, Alana Haim.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2022

With his melancholy, careworn face and battered physicality, Collins lends Jackson a guarded soulfulness that makes his character simultaneously inscrutable and transparent.

From Washington Post Jan. 18, 2022

And seen closer in the light of two candles that he lit and carried before them the landlord’s face looked rather wrinkled and careworn.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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