He has a careworn face.
He looks tired and careworn.
Recent Examples on the WebHis Ethan has become more careworn, jaded, emotionally bruised; he’s acquired the gravitas that comes with loss.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023 Olena Voievoda Ukrainians are increasingly careworn after a year of war.—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023 Indeed the film’s whole ensemble, even at its most fractiously opposed, is steered toward creased, careworn restraint rather than shouty grandstanding.—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2023 His face has a careworn quality now, with fatigue and layers of pain around the eyes.—Time, 7 Dec. 2022 The Futurist Cookbook wasn't meant to be an instructive culinary text or a careworn book in the kitchens of Milan.—Amanda Arnold, Bon Appétit, 23 June 2022 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 See More
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