They may miss the coziness of a well-worn flannel shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Workingman chic gets a pink slip for spring 2011] Reference
Forgive my cynicism, but we're in a well-worn groove here. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Talk About Race] Reference
Delft, Schiedam, The Hague, and all the well-worn place names of. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Cause these well-worn threads of daylight will sometimes come apart. From Wordnik.com. [Tift Merritt Performs in NPR's Studio 4A] Reference
The stairs leading to the first floor were covered by a well-worn carpet. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The idea of women training simple men is a well-worn trope of pop culture. From Wordnik.com. [How to Train a Husband] Reference
I have packed them in my well-worn suitcase, in verses of small denominations. From Wordnik.com. [Letter to Neruda] Reference
A tiny taste, like fear, welled up and found its well-worn niche in his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Not There] Reference
No matter that the known road, the well-worn one, is the assured road to nowhere. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Engelhardt: Five Absurd Things That Simply Can't Happen in Wartime Washington] Reference
She hurries along the well-worn path unawares, passing under his particular tree. From Wordnik.com. [Ecce viator : Behold the Traveler] Reference
Mario Cuomo is a well-worn alternative, but even loyalists are tired of his tease. From Wordnik.com. [The Open-Convention Fantasy] Reference
Now it's time for me to curl up with the girls and a well-worn copy of "Curious George.". From Wordnik.com. [Why We Tuned Out] Reference
SEABROOK: Out of his pocket, Dodd pulled a well-worn dog-eared copy of the constitution. From Wordnik.com. [Lawmakers Pay Respects To Sen. Robert Byrd] Reference
He ignored the question and responded with a well-worn spiel about pensions, the economy, health. From Wordnik.com. [Is He Still A ‘Conviction Politician’?] Reference
In places the path barely exists yet, in others it is well-worn, but everywhere it needs a guide. From Wordnik.com. [Walking in Palestine] Reference
But some on the "Save the Words" web site are well-worn, beloved words, which just need a good home. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Lichtenstein: Use a Word. Save a Word.] Reference
They bewail the downfall of Jerusalem, and read from their well-worn Hebrew Bibles and prayer-books the. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
And if it does go easy on the refugees, China might soon find itself becoming a well-worn passage to Seoul. From Wordnik.com. [Korea's Gateway?] Reference
An hundred and one difficulties were interposed against the further presentation of the well-worn old drama. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
Beauce, the granary of France, rather than give a repetition of the well-worn guidebook facts concerning them. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
I got some genuine steals and managed to avoid a few truly raw deals with these well-worn tricks of the trade. From Wordnik.com. [How to bargain at flea markets] Reference
This well-worn and well-deserved reputation was no inducement for us to stop, so we made speed for Brighton via. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
They sauntered a half-mile up the road then approached a well-worn trail that made an easy descent to the creek. From Wordnik.com. [POSEY'S POND] Reference
This may not prove to be wholly the case, as the author judges only from his observations made on well-worn roads. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
"I love to set out a coffee or tea service with sweets on a well-worn pine table in my library," writes Yockelson. From Wordnik.com. [Whipping Up Memories] Reference
I need to look underneath calcified opinions that have subtly grown as comfortable as well-worn pieces of furniture. From Wordnik.com. [A Father’s Further Review] Reference
The result is a mid-century modern stunner, with well-worn teak furniture and an imported black stone floor from Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide] Reference
Our intuition kicks in when something in the well-worn pattern is different, even if we can't pinpoint what exactly it is. From Wordnik.com. [Following a Hunch, Solving a Mystery] Reference
In the field stands a jealous man with fifteen eyes stored inside the cuffs of well-worn khaki pants. From Wordnik.com. [Flowing, Flown] Reference
Dressed in a coat and trousers of a captain of infantry, but recast as a colonel of cavalry by a pair of well-worn eagles that. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Mule toursThey carry 20,000 people each year; environmentalists worry about well-worn trails permanently scarring the landscape. From Wordnik.com. [Crowded Canyon] Reference
So Stern hung on to her well-worn favorites -- purchased at Old Navy before waistlines plunged -- and hoped for times to change. From Wordnik.com. [Jeans Rising] Reference
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