timeworn

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A timeworn story of unrequited love, it leans on his training as a counter-tenor, before exploding into an unexpected techno breakdown.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

But the gently moving “I’m Still Here” surpasses its contemporaries thanks to its well-paced screenplay and its ability to buck conventions in what would otherwise be a timeworn story of perseverance.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

That year Clark played a concert in the Jubilee arena, a grassy ring next to the high school flanked by cement bleachers with timeworn cedar benches.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

The afterlives of ‘The Blind Side’ and ‘The Help,’ as well as the development of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ point to the tenacity of a timeworn Hollywood trope.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

He raised his hand higher and then higher still until Despereaux's whiskers brushed against his leathery, timeworn ear.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo