careworn
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"We know our path now," says Ahmed Alhashemi, 42, scrolling through the email, a small smile breaking across his careworn face.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
If you didn’t say hear a security guard say, “It’s Elvis Presley!” you wouldn’t know Michael Shannon’s careworn, sullen Elvis was supposed to be the King.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2022
There's the careworn, eccentric female lead, equally brilliantly realized by newcomer to the screen, Alana Haim.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022
And Jenkins, as always, communicates volumes in one single, careworn sigh.
From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021
And seen closer in the light of two candles that he lit and carried before them the landlord’s face looked rather wrinkled and careworn.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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