Examples of careworn in a Sentence

He has a careworn face. He looks tired and careworn.

Recent Examples on the Web On a recent Friday, Dolores, a large, careworn woman of fifty, lay in a bed built from used rods and wooden planks. — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022 Pantomimes stuck with that convention, and one of the stars is still a man dressed as a careworn mother — the Dame. — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 15 Dec. 2021 The cheap, careworn hide suggests many things — neglect, decay, unraveling. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2021 Chu, along with his cinematographer, Alice Brooks, and his production team, take care to capture the neighborhood’s careworn beauty: Nothing looks too new or too shiny. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 June 2021 Materially, that meant remodeling his careworn kitchen and installing a new roof—ideally, a metal one. — Longreads, 21 Dec. 2017 Her conveyance is Vanguard, a careworn white van, its headlights searching out a new future, everything bungee-corded down. — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021 Meeting Darren Hendricks -- one of Pine Bluff's newest residents -- for the first time, one might be struck by his friendly, open and calmly self-assured demeanor that is in stark contrast to his gruff and somewhat careworn appearance. — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2020 Cheerful staff, but it’s a dumpy and careworn place. — James Lileks, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020 See More

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