Examples of careworn in a Sentence
He has a careworn face.
He looks tired and careworn.
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His Ethan has become more careworn, jaded, emotionally bruised; he’s acquired the gravitas that comes with loss.
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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
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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
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First Known Use
1790, in the meaning defined above
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“Careworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/careworn. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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careworn
adjective
care·worn
-ˌwō(ə)rn 
-ˌwȯ(ə)rn
: showing the effect of grief or worry
a careworn face
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