weather-beaten

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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

It only take 10 minutes to drive from end to end, but it is not insular and there's a sense this rugged, weather-beaten landscape bears more than its fair share of our national weight.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 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

Jerry Grindstaff, a foreman of the Dancing Trout, was a tall, lanky, fifty year old with a weather-beaten Oklahoma face and an air of the old-time rodeo cowboy about him.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols