Looking careworn as she bent over her mending. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a careworn old woman. From Dictionary.com.
"He does repent," she said to herself, recalling the careworn face. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
“He does repent,” she said to herself, recalling the careworn face. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
"You look --" began Constance -- but "careworn" was a risky term and she stopped. From Wordnik.com. [Kincaid's Battery] Reference
Mr. Norton's careworn, boyish face flushed and brightened. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
His father seemed older, much older; tired, careworn, worried. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
Mullholland -- the latter careworn and downcast of countenance. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
At the helm sat a youth, with countenance thoughtful and careworn. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Mrs. Walker was a middle-aged, careworn, rather prim-looking woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Davy's face was grimly careworn, and his manner forbade sociability. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
I have seen many careworn faces lit up with joy when reading the Word. From Wordnik.com. [The One Great Reality] Reference
Volumes, leather — bound and careworn threatened to shatter the shelves. From Wordnik.com. [A Tragedy In Three Acts (St. Petersburg Blues)] Reference
Washington for the other side, I had never seen him look more weary or careworn. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
In appearance he was pale and careworn, and looked as though he had been very ill. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
The door opened to frame a careworn woman in a gingham dress, who said shyly to Lilla. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
Venusta suggested a walk in the garden, seeing her daughter was agitated and careworn. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
The great majority of our countrywomen thus grow careworn, narrow-minded, self-absorbed. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He appeared to be about twelve years old, and had a careworn expression on his countenance. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Edition of Touching Incidents : and Remarkable Answers to Prayer] Reference
Note the careworn expression, the wondering what to eat, what to drink or what remedy to take. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
He was a tall spare man, in a shabby coat, with a careworn aspect, and kindly, melancholy eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
The leaves are yellowing, and the edges are puckered and careworn; they are falling from on high. From Wordnik.com. [When Leaves Fall] Reference
The following morning Mrs. Blum seems refreshed, and looks less careworn after her night's sleep. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
He did not look stern or forbidding to Mildred this afternoon, only deeply careworn and depressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army] Reference
The people were careworn and emaciated, and their faces were characterized by the same pallor which. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference
Stephen had looked haggard and careworn from the first, but as weeks passed on he seemed to get worse. From Wordnik.com. [Archie's Mistake] Reference
At this point there entered the room a stout, bearded man with careworn face and irritable expression. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
What a contrast between those happy, sleek, laughing faces and the sullen, careworn, ill-fed ones of now!. From Wordnik.com. [Plantation Sketches] Reference
Magdalena's careworn and prematurely withered face was exposed to the gaze of all, distorted with emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
The tutor's strong but careworn face flushed sensitively; but he only answered with a deprecating gesture. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
She hurried to the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn and depressed, though he was young. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
"I grow weary and careworn," said Aphrodite, and she looked like a rose that has budded in Paradise as she spoke. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
They are very anxious, -- very careworn, -- stung by a host of worries, -- a good deal disappointed, in many ways. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
Thomas whom he said he had watched turn grey and careworn in office, sedulous at his desk, always busy, never at ease. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
Was the overworked mother to have a release from the toil and the bitter anxieties that made her look so thin and careworn?. From Wordnik.com. [Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines] Reference
Lillian his wife, looked up from her work with a careworn expression on her face, and said, "Yes, it is a fine large turkey.". From Wordnik.com. [The Pastor's Son] Reference
His face was bronzed from exposure, but was careworn and sad, and bore unmistakable marks of free indulgence in strong drinks. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
And there was the mother, still grave and gentle, but looking less sad and careworn than in the days of Willy's constant illness. From Wordnik.com. [The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina] Reference
Some are crowded with half-naked, flabby females, whose careworn faces, and well-starved aspect, tells a sorrowful tale of the chivalry. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
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