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worn-down









ADJECTIVE
weather-beaten
Synonyms




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If scientists could peek into your brain while you listened to Chet Baker sing “My Funny Valentine,” perhaps they’d see how his worn-down murmurings float you off to a nightclub in the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

She emerged from the experience battle-scarred and world-weary in 1979 and used her worn-down voice to great effect in a blast of future-forward new wave music called "Broken English."

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

Among the positive signs getting scrutiny: Efforts to repressurize “flat” balls in bulk to bring them back to life, a solution that doesn’t address worn-down felt.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

The Pentagon has long dipped into aging stocks of equipment to supply Kyiv, sometimes leaving Ukrainian forces troops with worn-down matériel.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022

I loved the worn-down form of that handsome laughing Greek.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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