worn-out
Example Sentences
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Since then, several buildings and public artworks have been added, but LANLT’s Kjer described the site as a “hodgepodge of concrete, worn-out planting areas and grass ... with a disjointed flow and limited way-finding.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
I make hotpads from worn-out terry cloth towels and I turn fabric scraps into comforter tops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Speaking to the BBC, dressed in worn-out clothes and bathroom slippers, he sounds stressed and bitter as he recalls his incarceration.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
A strategy that strengthens the body's natural capacity to replace worn-out mitochondria could, in principle, help address all of these problems at once.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2025
I need a mom who doesn't look at me like I’m a worn-out piece of furniture that doesn't match the rest of her house.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
