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Recent Examples of careworn
With her latest, Grande appears to be tackling another careworn relationship few artists would name out loud: the one with her own obsessive fanbase.
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Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
On her commute home, a careworn Marie-Lou spots a young man joyfully running through a nearby park.
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2026
In All of a Sudden, there’s something careworn about Efira’s lunar beauty.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
15 May 2026
Matthew seems careworn, even distracted, struggling to write while leaning his knee on a bench.
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Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
6 May 2025
McVie had a foghorn of a voice and a careworn face that conveyed the fallout of many, many years of bus rides, motels and late-night diners.
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Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
Her careworn beauty holds the camera rapt even while silently going about her job in a manner that plays as naturally absorbing.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2024
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
On her commute home, a careworn Marie-Lou spots a young man joyfully running through a nearby park.
—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2026
In All of a Sudden, there’s something careworn about Efira’s lunar beauty.
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
15 May 2026
Matthew seems careworn, even distracted, struggling to write while leaning his knee on a bench.
—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
6 May 2025
McVie had a foghorn of a voice and a careworn face that conveyed the fallout of many, many years of bus rides, motels and late-night diners.
—
Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
Her careworn beauty holds the camera rapt even while silently going about her job in a manner that plays as naturally absorbing.
—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for careworn
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After three seasons of almost nothing but dread and sorrow, the NBA’s most woebegone franchise, for generations, finally had a moment to celebrate.
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The Clippers rallied from a chaotic 6-21 start to finish 42-40 in this once-woebegone franchise's 15th consecutive winning season — the NBA's longest active streak.
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Before pushing the film into its final forlorn section, the excitement that something sexy might happen charges the actors.
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There is a profound helplessness to that forlorn glance that the main broadcast could never capture.
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In Dallas, bands struck up tunes to try to cheer the glum listeners on their way home.
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Coming to the glum realization that love isn’t outlasting infatuation is trickier to write about than a more incendiary subject like unfaithfulness, but Rodrigo pulls it off.
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By contrast, Emilia, in her mid-thirties, has a face that lights up with sunny enthusiasm and, just as quickly, turns downcast.
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Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey was downcast after falling to the New York Knicks in Game 4 on Sunday night, leading to an early second-round playoff exit.
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Players were visibly disconsolate afterward, the sign of a team that expects to win every day.
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As the Champions League anthem echoed around Villa Park, Liverpool’s disconsolate players headed for the tunnel.
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Election day weather in Maryland Tuesday morning will be gloomy, with a chance of rain showers.
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The words of comfort written for a young, gloomy Julian Lennon have become the definitive singalong at McCartney’s live shows.
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Fans hoping the Bears would move to Arlington Heights were crestfallen Monday after state lawmakers failed to act.
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Malek, with an insular and crestfallen moodiness, plays Jimmy as a man caught between liberation and AIDS, between wanting to be a breakout performer and waiting to stay true to his subversive drag soul.
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Isdin Melatonik If traditional retinoids have left your sensitive skin unhappy, Isdin's Melatonik Recovery Night Serum offers a gentler approach with bakuchiol.
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Brown and the Celtics have both since denied speculation that the 29-year-old second-team All-NBA selection was unhappy with his role in Boston.
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“Careworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/careworn. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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