lived-in

Example Sentences

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My space is very lived-in, and the design evolved through my Israeli aesthetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

And the title track ends the record on a beautiful note, with the kind of relaxed lived-in wisdom he doesn’t often turn to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

You return to the grocery store — not with a blank slate — but with a little lived-in wisdom tucked into your pocket.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

A terraced family home has been turned into a lived-in work of art with paintings spanning from floor to ceiling in every room.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

And I know their faces aren’t this colorful, this vivid, this lived-in, this superbly off-kilter, this brimming with dark, unpredictable music.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson