weatherworn

Example Sentences

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Explore remnants of an old railway turntable and foundations for what used to hold hotels, a powerhouse, an ore-processing plant and weatherworn, ancient-looking wood buildings in various stages of collapse.

From Seattle Times

Stretches of its avenues bear scars of Detroit’s dispossession: crumbling brickwork, weatherworn concrete, sun-bleached advertisements seized in time.

From New York Times

Betsy and Andrew, who both grew up summering inshore nearby, shared an appreciation for Maine’s hardscrabble mid-coast working class, the same weatherworn fishermen and farm folk Andrew nearly obsessively depicted.

From New York Times

The day before the Lee statue came down in September, state workers emptied the circle of all the weatherworn makeshift memorials.

From Washington Post

Other weatherworn, ancient-looking, wood buildings in various stages of collapse at first glance appear to be original structures — until you realize they were actually built after this boom town went bust.

From Seattle Times