outworn
Example Sentences
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Could I remount the river of my years To the first fountain of our smiles and tears I would not trace again its stream of hours Between its outworn banks of withered flowers.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021
That “hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn, spaceship yarn,” as science fiction author Wilson Tucker memorably put it when he coined the term in 1941.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021
Labor-intensive, visually compelling works by the Bahamian artist seem to challenge outworn heroes and cultural assumptions of the Western canon, yet some of Strachan’s simplest pieces may be his most pleasing.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2018
Instead he falls back on older ones, long outworn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2017
Gradually the plant engineer removed the tubing to use to patch other outworn equipment at the Hediondo.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
