How to Use timeworn in a Sentence

timeworn

adjective

• He gave us the same timeworn speech about the need to work hard.
• The houses on the street are all timeworn and badly in need of repair.
• While many of the sounds were timeworn, the site of Rockfest was new.
  — Bill Brownlee, kansascity.com, 4 June 2017
• Cozy and timeworn, the space seems warmed, even in the cooler months, by the sun of past summers.
  — New York Times, 16 Sep. 2020
• But somehow the term seems timeworn, and not at all evocative of the pleasures of the table.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2019
• One of the city's most timeworn districts lay bombed out amid heaps of rubble.
  — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2019
• He and the other black ballplayers that spring slept at a timeworn motel where a fan feebly fought the stifling heat.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Antique Touch: Vintage-style fittings, like the faucets and lighting, have the patina of timeworn pieces.
  — Ayn-Monique Tetreault-Rooney Klahre, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2010
• Cobb pulls that off a lot on Providence Canyon, putting some fresh spins on timeworn country themes.
  — Philly.com, 17 May 2018
• As a rallying cry, is there anything more stale and timeworn?
  — Monitor Editors, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2017
• Like tourism ads, these arguments push New York’s timeworn brand of hustle and bustle, lights and crowds.
  — Jamie Fisher, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2021
• The fresh wall color draws attention to the timeworn beams above, which are original.
  — Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2020
• Today, the ball field and gas station stand as timeworn reminders of an exotic era gone by.
  — Rob Levin, ajc, 11 July 2021
• But atop the pile of miscellaneous fliers and bills sat something that caught her eye: a tattered and timeworn postcard.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2020
• But timeworn accents like books and gilt plates actually pop against the colors in the living room.
  — Amanda Sims, House Beautiful, 11 Mar. 2019
• The dreams are full of disquieting imagery — the fluttering of moths, a timeworn theater, a frozen corpse.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2018
• A week after Stumpy’s no-show, Tom sits in a rocking chair on the deck of his mountaintop home, gazing at the timeworn Appalachian foothills.
  — Sadie Dingfelder, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
• A week after Stumpy's no-show, Tom sits in a rocking chair on the deck of his mountaintop home, gazing at the timeworn Appalachian foothills.
  — Sadie Dingfelder, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
• Erik Richardson discovered the timeworn 7Up bottle while scouting for ducks on the banks of Lake Marion with a friend.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2018
• One of the stories that recalls Rabbi Moshe Tendler’s charming candor starts out like a timeworn Jewish joke.
  — New York Times, 9 Oct. 2021
• The ceiling was an inverted necropolis of timeworn lanterns and teapots suspended from the rafters.
  — Sarah Khan, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2020
• And in a moment when the mind may be in need of another country to go to, Jiles’ timeworn territory provides a cozy escape.
  — Leslie Pariseau, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• In his case through hammers and nails, roofs, doorways and massive timeworn black hands that helped build shelter for many to congregate under.
  — Gayle Clemans, The Seattle Times, 15 May 2017
• Her inability to feel others' joy led to a timeworn cycle of envy, then resentment and then to self-blame.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 18 May 2020
• This dish has been brought along by one too many well-meaning guests, becoming a timeworn addition to potlucks everywhere.
  — Yotam Ottolenghi, Bon Appetit, 21 June 2017
• This dish has been brought along by one too many well-meaning guests, becoming a timeworn addition to potlucks everywhere.
  — Yotam Ottolenghi, Bon Appetit, 21 June 2017
• That timeworn adage is fitting for what Dulaney’s girls lacrosse team is doing as the regular season winds down and the postseason is looming.
  — Nelson Coffin, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2018
• The Banff Gondola, which climbs Sulphur Mountain to look out over the town and its mountains, also has short hikes to an adjacent peak and a timeworn weather station.
  — Daniel Otis, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• While the impact of the timeworn signs is unclear, the recent presence of a marked city police cruiser on Baker Street appears to be making a real difference.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2018
• Approaching by air revealed the patchwork of timeworn mansions and follies that make up the Rockefeller estate.
  — Ben Widdicombe, Vanities, 24 Apr. 2017

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024