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

“I signed my Island deal on this organ here for good luck,” Crockett says, running his fingers along a weather-beaten keyboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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

Inside Kerouac’s weather-beaten knapsack and wrapped in a newspaper, Mr. Lord recalled, was a manuscript that Kerouac handed gingerly to him.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

But the first sign, the one that had led him off the road, had been weather-beaten and old.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz