washed-out

Example Sentences

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Wearing a washed-out prison uniform and sporting a short grey beard, Masud listened as the hearing before judge Dabney L. Friedrich got under way at the District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Celebrities like Dua Lipa and Lena Dunham have posted wistful, washed-out pictures celebrating the decennial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

It’s funny how just the grainy, washed-out look of videotape can conjure so much melancholy.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

He said his agency had been working round the clock to repair washed-out roads that had left some residents stranded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

There were miles of pastures and tens of miles of wasted, washed-out land abandoned to the hardier weeds.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers