washed-out
Example Sentences
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Wearing a washed-out prison uniform and sporting a short grey beard, Masud listened as the hearing before judge Dabney L. Friedrich got under way at the District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Celebrities like Dua Lipa and Lena Dunham have posted wistful, washed-out pictures celebrating the decennial.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
It’s funny how just the grainy, washed-out look of videotape can conjure so much melancholy.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025
He said his agency had been working round the clock to repair washed-out roads that had left some residents stranded.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024
She noticed their thin washed-out clothes patched here and there by Lee.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
