lived-in

Example Sentences

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“You can’t quite grasp onto the firm, lived-in details of the place,” Parsons said, describing the yellow liminal space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 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

She adds that "homes should spark joy and feel warm and lived-in, and this shade feels quite removed from that."

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Other than that, the room was empty: there were no knickknacks on the mantelpiece, no statues or clocks; nothing that made it feel comfortable or lived-in.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman