weatherworn
Example Sentences
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My grandmother’s shot house was frequented by men hardened by the weatherworn elements of time, those tiny particles of memory that refuse erasure.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
In its shadow is the nondescript, weatherworn grave of his Uncle Benajah, a stark contrast to the grand resting place at Windsor Castle that awaits his royal descendant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023
Stretches of its avenues bear scars of Detroit’s dispossession: crumbling brickwork, weatherworn concrete, sun-bleached advertisements seized in time.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
Betsy and Andrew, who both grew up summering inshore nearby, shared an appreciation for Maine’s hardscrabble mid-coast working class, the same weatherworn fishermen and farm folk Andrew nearly obsessively depicted.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
The captain is full of weatherworn wrinkles from a lifetime at sea—although his dark, tangled beard hides many of them.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
