well-used
Example Sentences
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In the era before mobile phones, when watches were expensive, the clock was well-used by train passengers to watch their time.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024
This week, however, is his first major with the players from the regular tour — a well-used mulligan in a game that is stingy about second chances.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024
And the container appears to have been well-used.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 7, 2024
My well-used Jeep Cherokee, covered with bird droppings and fallen leaves from the elm trees above, hadn’t been stolen — it had been towed for all the parking tickets I couldn’t afford to pay.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023
They had underestimated him in sending out an old, well-used Cadillac ambulance.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
