weather-beaten
Example Sentences
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Years of hard work have left him weather-beaten and broken.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
And ramshackle houses and fences hide behind thickets of weather-beaten manzanita and chapparal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024
There was still a “For Sale” sign posted on a weather-beaten and leafless tree that resembled a scarecrow warning people to stay away.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
To accommodate the visitors, St. Edward sets out beside the grave, loosely arranged as if around a campfire, a pair of weather-beaten wooden prie-dieux, an iron garden bench and a tilting patio chair.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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