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

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

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

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 • Jul. 30, 2024

He said his agency had been working round the clock to repair washed-out roads that had left some residents stranded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

In the town of Ravenel, ten thousand dreams hovered over the town each night and ten thousand died each morning, their washed-out corpses borne away for burial at sea by the first breeze.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy