weather-beaten
Example Sentences
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Each year the birds must stay on platforms of floating ice for long enough to replace weather-beaten feathers with new, waterproof coats.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
He hesitated before pointing across the courtroom to a man with a weather-beaten face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
After being displaced from their homeland, Silvia and her mother move into the Morningside, a weather-beaten luxury apartment building in “Island City,” a sinking version of New York in the middle of all-out climate collapse.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
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
Before the wagons came to the big house with seven gables they stopped in front of a weather-beaten little cottage in a weed-grown yard.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
