1
: having lost freshness or depth of color
faded jeans
a faded photograph from 1931
2
: having weakened or diminished with the passage of time
a faded memory
I lie on the bed and look out the window then at the room's whitewashed walls with their message of past and faded glory.—
Lynne Tillman
Lynne TillmanExamples of faded in a Sentence
rather than buy faded jeans, I get the dark blues and let time and the washing machine do their thing
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Like Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who dwells on his long-ago high-school-football days, Garrett is living in the faded aura of past glory: in his case, a 1989 video-game championship.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
As thousands of migrants cycled through its faded lobby, the Roosevelt turned into a lightning rod in the country’s immigration debate: both as a reminder of the depth of the crisis and as shorthand for critics opposed to the expenditure of taxpayer money on migrants.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Notably, a very faded painting of the crucifixion scene with Jesus on the cross was also uncovered, the image of his crown of thorns sticking out from an orange and yellow backdrop.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Gap High-Rise Wide-Leg Jeans These wide-leg jeans are designed in a light blue wash with whiskered and faded details, and flared, bell-like hems.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
As thousands of migrants cycled through its faded lobby, the Roosevelt turned into a lightning rod in the country’s immigration debate: both as a reminder of the depth of the crisis and as shorthand for critics opposed to the expenditure of taxpayer money on migrants.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Notably, a very faded painting of the crucifixion scene with Jesus on the cross was also uncovered, the image of his crown of thorns sticking out from an orange and yellow backdrop.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Gap High-Rise Wide-Leg Jeans These wide-leg jeans are designed in a light blue wash with whiskered and faded details, and flared, bell-like hems.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for faded
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“Faded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faded. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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