washed-out

Example Sentences

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Wearing a washed-out prison uniform and sporting a short grey beard, Masud listened as the hearing before judge Dabney L. Friedrich got under way at the District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday.

From BBC

I smiled and bounced heartily on the railcar bench, fluffing up my washed-out, red-checkered dress.

From Literature

In Jamaica, the impact was most severe in the southwestern parish of St Elizabeth, where knee-deep mud and washed-out bridges left towns such as Black River cut off.

From BBC

It’s funny how just the grainy, washed-out look of videotape can conjure so much melancholy.

From Salon

They were given the chance of redemption at the T20 World Cup, only to be put on the brink of elimination by a washed-out match against Scotland and a heavy defeat by Australia.

From BBC