weather-beaten
Example Sentences
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And ramshackle houses and fences hide behind thickets of weather-beaten manzanita and chapparal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
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
It only take 10 minutes to drive from end to end, but it is not insular and there's a sense this rugged, weather-beaten landscape bears more than its fair share of our national weight.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 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
All Clara had to do to see her uncle was close her eyes and there he was, weather-beaten and thin, with a pirate’s mustache through which his strange, sharklike smile peered out at her.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
