weather-beaten
Example Sentences
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Years of hard work have left him weather-beaten and broken.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
He hesitated before pointing across the courtroom to a man with a weather-beaten face.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
After being displaced from their homeland, Silvia and her mother move into the Morningside, a weather-beaten luxury apartment building in “Island City,” a sinking version of New York in the middle of all-out climate collapse.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024
There was still a “For Sale” sign posted on a weather-beaten and leafless tree that resembled a scarecrow warning people to stay away.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
The crescent of weather-beaten bird cages, the rusted chairs left on the back porch, the sound of birds cawing and flapping around—it was all kinda freaking Genie out.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
