become worn

Example Sentences

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Almost a quarter of a century on, the aluminium bridge deck is "beginning to become worn", the spokesperson said.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

“It’s not unusual for defendants to prolong a case so that memories fade, victims disappear, and witnesses become worn out,” said Mitchell Garabedian, the accuser’s attorney for civil matters.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

The coaxial cable is attached to a harness on the trunk lid and can become worn after repeated opening and closing of the trunk.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021

Instead, purchase life jackets and replace them when they become worn or torn, or no longer fit: “What worked last summer might not work this summer,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2016

Pieces indented into a wooden anchor-stock where it has become worn or defective in the way of the shank; also pieces of wood or iron on which an anchor rests when it is stowed.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir