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

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

His attention gravitates instead toward the Novelos, though sometimes it also alights on the grave, careworn faces of their past and present employees.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2021

‘So do you,’ Frodo replied; but secretly he thought that Gandalf looked older and more careworn.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien