lived-in
Example Sentences
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The virtuosity of Christopher’s singing is matched by the lived-in authenticity of his dramatic performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
And the title track ends the record on a beautiful note, with the kind of relaxed lived-in wisdom he doesn’t often turn to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
You return to the grocery store — not with a blank slate — but with a little lived-in wisdom tucked into your pocket.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
It's an approach that gives the songs a weighty, lived-in quality.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
And I know their faces aren’t this colorful, this vivid, this lived-in, this superbly off-kilter, this brimming with dark, unpredictable music.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
