washed-out

Example Sentences

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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

For example, she noted that a washed-out bridge on Anderson Creek Road, which shortened one trail from 8 miles to 1.8 miles round trip, has gone unrepaired for nearly a decade.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

He kicked a washed-out stone and waved at the formation.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover