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He followed the outer boulevards for a long time, and at length, fordone with weariness, lay down on the edge of a piece of waste land.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole

His body fordone with age is by them considered to be full of the spirit of wisdom.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

For there, with bodily anguish keen, With Indian heats at last fordone, With public toil and private teen— Thou sank'st, alone.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

Who should have Priam's wealthy substance won, If watery Thetis had her child fordone?

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

So there he lay asleep, the steadfast goodly Odysseus, fordone with toil and drowsiness.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew