careworn

Example Sentences

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Carthy's voice is careworn but it's never less than compelling.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

If you didn’t say hear a security guard say, “It’s Elvis Presley!” you wouldn’t know Michael Shannon’s careworn, sullen Elvis was supposed to be the King.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2022

There's the careworn, eccentric female lead, equally brilliantly realized by newcomer to the screen, Alana Haim.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022

With his melancholy, careworn face and battered physicality, Collins lends Jackson a guarded soulfulness that makes his character simultaneously inscrutable and transparent.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2022

Constance knelt to cradle her old friend’s head, and Matthias gently clasped the wrinkled careworn paw.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques