Adjective : timeworn farming methods. ,a timeworn excuse. From Dictionary.com.
Then the going became easier, the road less timeworn. From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
His method of enticing an audience was simple and timeworn. From Wordnik.com. [Tar Aiym Krang]
But the timeworn total overreaction is part of the sickness. From Wordnik.com. [World Cup 2010: Saturday was the night Capello became an England manager] Reference
This was an old and timeworn piece that needed throwing out. From Wordnik.com. [The Miko]
Bush's timeworn hostility for President Chávez is well known. From Wordnik.com. [US Interference in Venezuelan Elections Ongoing] Reference
The tune was of a piece with the neighborhood-old and timeworn. From Wordnik.com. [Werehunter]
Maybe what is too timeworn is the title “Social Bookmarking.”. From Wordnik.com. [Blaze Away with Trailfire] Reference
A timeworn drawing of Milk keeps watch from a second-floor window. From Wordnik.com. [Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News] Reference
Nor do the profile pictures on Facebook lack for timeworn precedent. From Wordnik.com. [Lewis Lapham: Domesticated Deities: About Messiahs Come to Redeem Our Country, Not Govern It] Reference
Beckmesser's art rests on the pedantic observation of timeworn rules. From Wordnik.com. [MUSICAL GENIUS] Reference
She scrutinised his expression, but his timeworn face gave nothing away. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
McCain has presented himself as the grizzled champion of timeworn values. From Wordnik.com. [Win McCormack: John McCain, Postmodern Candidate] Reference
They all wore slightly timeworn ochre overalls, flashed with too many company sigils. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
There are four major barbecue destinations in this charming if timeworn historic town. From Wordnik.com. [Eating BBQ in Austin and Lockhart, TX] Reference
Even the action, when it happens, seems archaic, timeworn, stuck in a groove of tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Why bullfighting is making Spain see red] Reference
It turns out that Reid appreciates this timeworn aesthetic in both fashion and in interiors. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Barnett: Billy Reid Reveals His Greener Side] Reference
Summoning the discipline for which mages were renowned, he bent again over the timeworn text. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
"Alas!" said Lettice, "this will not do -- it is threadbare, timeworn, and has given way in two places.". From Wordnik.com. [The Pearl Box Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People, by a Pastor] Reference
Ojimbo often sands down his pieces, to give them a timeworn look, like a toy handed down through generations. From Wordnik.com. [Hand Carved Pop Culture Totems (w/ pic) | Impact Lab] Reference
I am part of a generation that shunned certain timeworn rituals -- marriage ceremonies, traditional memorials. From Wordnik.com. [Saying Goodbye] Reference
It was an altar-tomb, broken and timeworn and almost covered with an accumulation of earth and moss and leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
In all that time, I've never heard anyone – apart from an entertainment executive – use that timeworn cliche. From Wordnik.com. [Saying Information Wants To Be Free Does More Harm Than Good] Reference
The proprietor was a small, pear-shaped man in his seventies, with snow-white hair and a face of timeworn leather. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Called Jesse]
You can only watch a guy playing a moron so many times before it gets really timeworn, and the actor gets typecast. From Wordnik.com. [Update From Will Ferrell and Adam McKay on Anchorman 2 « FirstShowing.net] Reference
"'Beyond lies the Domain of Ebenfar,'" Morhion read, translating the dim runes carved into a timeworn standing stone. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
Against the shadows, the timeworn crimson stone spires, carved ages before out of the cliffs, stood out as a hard red. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness]
Both sides tried a few wild cards on the pundits 'benches early on, but ended up last night with familiar timeworn line-ups. From Wordnik.com. [World Cup final: BBC and ITV pat an entire continent on the head] Reference
These little wooden houses, of such marvellous cleanly whiteness inside, are black outside, timeworn, disjointed and grimacing. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The timeworn images of seasoned operatives making "dead drops" in dark alleys don't often apply to those caught helping Beijing. From Wordnik.com. [Open Secret] Reference
Ancient dry-stone walls and exposed beams made of local savin wood give Can Gall's nine breezy rooms an authentic, timeworn feel. From Wordnik.com. [Not Too Far From the Club Scene,] Reference
Just before the door swung closed, Taen saw him raise crossed wrists in the timeworn sign against evils brought on by enchantment. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
The timeworn buildings, some faced with faded, crumbling plaster, some with age-darkened wood, were just as packed as the streets. From Wordnik.com. [Stone of Tears]
When Justin Omps, 28, moved aboard the Tycho Brahe last September, he transformed the timeworn tugboat into a floating frat house. From Wordnik.com. [No Kitchen, Water Views] Reference
Many of these peripheral histories resonate more than the timeworn retellings of the Gold Rush, Custer's Last Stand or Wounded Knee. From Wordnik.com. [Taming The West ... Again] Reference
Salvaged from dusty basements and attics, scrawled on timeworn paper that has been folded and refolded, the long-silent voices emerge. From Wordnik.com. [The Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Out of Virginia's attics, voices from the past] Reference
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