weather-beaten

Example Sentences

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He hesitated before pointing across the courtroom to a man with a weather-beaten face.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

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

Inside Kerouac’s weather-beaten knapsack and wrapped in a newspaper, Mr. Lord recalled, was a manuscript that Kerouac handed gingerly to him.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

The tide was very high, and only a weather-beaten wedge of the Moily Bell’s pilothouse showed above the waterline.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen