weather-beaten

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

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

The silvery mutton chops peeking out from beneath a weather-beaten train engineer’s cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 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

Jerry Grindstaff, a foreman of the Dancing Trout, was a tall, lanky, fifty year old with a weather-beaten Oklahoma face and an air of the old-time rodeo cowboy about him.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols