careworn

Example Sentences

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"We know our path now," says Ahmed Alhashemi, 42, scrolling through the email, a small smile breaking across his careworn face.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 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

And Jenkins, as always, communicates volumes in one single, careworn sigh.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

Deep otter-brown lines of preoccupation etched themselves permanently into his careworn face and gave him a harried look of sobriety and mistrust.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller