washed-up

Example Sentences

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Sakunja Salazar is a washed-up influencer who made too much money too fast as a kid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Duvall won his Academy Award in 1983 for playing a washed-up country singer in "Tender Mercies."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Like his character, washed-up Formula One racer Sonny Hayes, Pitt is returning to the grandest version of this race by his own volition, with his own set of rules.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

Friends Ellinor Rosen Eriksson and Asa Nilsson found the washed-up bottle earlier this year.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

There were plenty of washed-up logs and sticks on the island, and under the bridge the wood was bone-dry.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart