Three in a tiny, weather-worn cabin near the Lynns. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea] Reference
Most of the weather-worn houses have no indoor plumbing. From Wordnik.com. [For many with a stake in Alaska native corporations, promise of a better life remains unfulfilled] Reference
This android wasn't quite as weather-worn and his grin was warmer. From Wordnik.com. [Tek Net]
Last winter, my mom had to have the weather-worn old bay house torn down. From Wordnik.com. [The One Place on Earth] Reference
But inventory can go "bad," become out-dated, unsaleable, time - or weather-worn. From Wordnik.com. [5 tips for money management; questions for your accountant] Reference
It was greatly weather-worn, and that imparted an unpleasant suggestion of disease. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
The rock to-day presents but the appearance of a weather-worn mass of red sandstone. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
It was cracked and weather-worn, and the faint runes upon its side could not be read. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
He's all dishelved and looks so weather-worn in that 70 year old Bob Dylan kinda way. From Wordnik.com. [lily-white Diary Entry] Reference
All the Merrymount maidens wear fine raiment that is equally tattered and weather-worn. From Wordnik.com. [Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People] Reference
The monitor in front of him displayed the long, weather-worn face of a Starfleet commodore. From Wordnik.com. [CROSSOVER] Reference
The word makes us think of ragged, weather-worn men and women who wander about the countryside. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
The driver takes a turn, and they pass a cemetery with a weather-worn mausoleum in the center of it. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
Loose gravel crunched beneath the tires as Ben pulled the car to a stop beside the weather-worn sign. From Wordnik.com. [Side Roads « A Fly in Amber] Reference
She was tall and strongly made, with a strong stern face, deeply lined and weather-worn as the hills. From Wordnik.com. [Wings in the Night]
His gaze swept the landscape and came back to rest on the great pile of massive weather-worn boulders. From Wordnik.com. [Wings in the Night]
But given the story a futuristic police tale, it is somewhat appropriate that it be a bit weather-worn. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
“If you are right, what about this?” and he held up a light coat, very much soiled and weather-worn. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of a Hansom Cab] Reference
It's easier to find a drink in the famously dry town than a ticket to grand if weather-worn Dyche Stadium. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Cats Came Back] Reference
But even the strongest tent becomes weather-worn and threadbare, and in the long run it "falls in a heap!". From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
There he stood on the monticle, preaching to weather-worn fishermen and mariners gathered below upon the sand. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro] Reference
The pillars look very rusty and weather-worn, and are much battered with the ill-usage which they have received. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
His face looked tough and weather-worn; while the Reverend Doctor's, hearty as it appeared, was of finer texture. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860] Reference
As we turned through the lodges the old house appeared at the end of an avenue of scrubby and weather-worn trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number)] Reference
Finally he reached his home in Ithaca so changed, so aged and weather-worn, that only his dog Argus recognised him. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Mail glinted under a surcoat embroidered with the count's crest, and the weather-worn face held not a trace of warmth. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Of Deception]
She paused only when she finally came to the one opening among many she was looking for in all that weather-worn stone. From Wordnik.com. [From This Beloved Hour]
This hacked and weather-worn spine left by the glaciers forms one wing of a great inverted V, with Gibraltar as its apex. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
She was fairly clad, for her class, with a weather-worn bonnet on her grey head and a sacking - covered bundle in her arms. From Wordnik.com. [THE SPIKE] Reference
The stones were all flat and weather-worn; the inscriptions of many were indistinct, and would have baffled the skill of Old. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
Altogether it was an ugly situation at the best; as the line had become entangled in those weather-worn palisades it was hopeless. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Captain Conan of the Second Company was striding up the path, looking weather-worn and leaner than before, but alive and ready for battle. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Relentless]
The house was little better than a cabin, a rough affair, tumbled down in spots, with a sagging roof, and stained and weather-worn boards. From Wordnik.com. [A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods] Reference
Some of these are so defaced and weather-worn, that in aspect they seem even more venerable than the monuments of the founders of the race. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
He looked down his own weather-worn hands, the egg stain on his knitted vest and then up at Maggie, who was looking at him hopefully. From Wordnik.com. [thing-a-day 2010] Reference
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