careworn

Example Sentences

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"We know our path now," says Ahmed Alhashemi, 42, scrolling through the email, a small smile breaking across his careworn face.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

But Grace Greenwood of the New York Times noted his “pale, careworn, and sad” appearance.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

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

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022

His attention gravitates instead toward the Novelos, though sometimes it also alights on the grave, careworn faces of their past and present employees.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2021

Deep otter-brown lines of preoccupation etched themselves permanently into his careworn face and gave him a harried look of sobriety and mistrust.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller