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

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

There, he threw out the weather-beaten remains of a wooden dining room table, several dining chairs, kids’ toys and a twin-size mattress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

To accommodate the visitors, St. Edward sets out beside the grave, loosely arranged as if around a campfire, a pair of weather-beaten wooden prie-dieux, an iron garden bench and a tilting patio chair.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Drave, by contrast, was wiry and weather-beaten beyond his years, which were somewhere near thirty.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor