weather-beaten

Example Sentences

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Years of hard work have left him weather-beaten and broken.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

“I signed my Island deal on this organ here for good luck,” Crockett says, running his fingers along a weather-beaten keyboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

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

We stopped in front of a weather-beaten maple-sugaring shack to refuel on sandwiches and fruit that we carried in our backpacks.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

The tide was very high, and only a weather-beaten wedge of the Moily Bell’s pilothouse showed above the waterline.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen