washed-out
Example Sentences
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But I also looked in at myself as a mother through the leaded-glass pane of our very lovely living-room windows, and I saw a washed-out woman worn down to the thinnest thread.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Celebrities like Dua Lipa and Lena Dunham have posted wistful, washed-out pictures celebrating the decennial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
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 ● Oct. 30, 2025
It’s funny how just the grainy, washed-out look of videotape can conjure so much melancholy.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
No matter how hard he tried, he never developed any imperishable allegiances to the washed-out, bloodless Marine bases where he had lived for most of his seventeen years.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
