weather-beaten
Example Sentences
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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
The man Sotheby’s considers the owner of the van Gogh lives in a Shanghai apartment complex where gray tiles and grimy grout frame a weather-beaten door.
From New York Times • May 29, 2023
There, he threw out the weather-beaten remains of a wooden dining room table, several dining chairs, kids’ toys and a twin-size mattress.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Drave, by contrast, was wiry and weather-beaten beyond his years, which were somewhere near thirty.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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