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Recent Examples of careworn
Her careworn beauty holds the camera rapt even while silently going about her job in a manner that plays as naturally absorbing.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
His Ethan has become more careworn, jaded, emotionally bruised; he’s acquired the gravitas that comes with loss.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
Olena Voievoda Ukrainians are increasingly careworn after a year of war.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
Indeed the film’s whole ensemble, even at its most fractiously opposed, is steered toward creased, careworn restraint rather than shouty grandstanding.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2023
His face has a careworn quality now, with fatigue and layers of pain around the eyes.
—Time, 7 Dec. 2022
The Futurist Cookbook wasn't meant to be an instructive culinary text or a careworn book in the kitchens of Milan.
—Amanda Arnold, Bon Appétit, 23 June 2022
On a recent Friday, Dolores, a large, careworn woman of fifty, lay in a bed built from used rods and wooden planks.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022
Pantomimes stuck with that convention, and one of the stars is still a man dressed as a careworn mother — the Dame.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 15 Dec. 2021
Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
His Ethan has become more careworn, jaded, emotionally bruised; he’s acquired the gravitas that comes with loss.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
Olena Voievoda Ukrainians are increasingly careworn after a year of war.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
Indeed the film’s whole ensemble, even at its most fractiously opposed, is steered toward creased, careworn restraint rather than shouty grandstanding.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2023
His face has a careworn quality now, with fatigue and layers of pain around the eyes.
—Time, 7 Dec. 2022
The Futurist Cookbook wasn't meant to be an instructive culinary text or a careworn book in the kitchens of Milan.
—Amanda Arnold, Bon Appétit, 23 June 2022
On a recent Friday, Dolores, a large, careworn woman of fifty, lay in a bed built from used rods and wooden planks.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022
Pantomimes stuck with that convention, and one of the stars is still a man dressed as a careworn mother — the Dame.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 15 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for careworn
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Sunday, the Sox, who are now an impossibly bad 31-100, locked up the sixth triple-digit-loss season in their woebegone history with a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
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This is what passes for epiphany for the solemn, solitary Jane, who searches for self-knowledge in a woebegone key.Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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No way would this list be complete without a Swift banger or two, and this one is a particularly forlorn ode to lost love.Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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Conversely, as prices increase, ownership becomes an increasingly forlorn dream for those on the other side of the real estate divide.Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
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The rescue dog was captured looking glum, frightened that she would be left behind once again, as her owner packed around her.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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That might be a welcome reprieve for those of us who are usually glum during the holidays (just me?), but the blues can sneak up on anyone.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
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Ennui, in particular, looks like a disaffected teenager, with her drooping stance, her perpetually downcast eyes and her constant frown.Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
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Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
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By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate.Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Context: Harris — who served as district attorney of San Francisco, as attorney general of California and as a U.S. senator from the state between 2017 and 2021 — could help electrify an exhausted, disconsolate party.Jacob Knutson, Axios, 22 July 2024
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There are men as old as 80 who still strap on the furs and the heavy bells, hiding their faces behind those gloomy masks.Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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While the city isn't immune to gloomy, gray days, winter in Rome is usually very sunny.Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024
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But two late pick-sixes sealed the Trojans’ loss and stuck with Maiava, who looked crestfallen in the postgame press conference.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The promised live music turned out to be a single violinist, and instead of ballroom dancing, there was a pole dancer performing for the crestfallen crowd.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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In 2018, Butler was months away from potentially becoming a free agent (as is the case now) and was unhappy with the Timberwolves (as is the case now, just with the Heat).Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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That’s a sure sign coaches are unhappy with aspects of a player’s performance.Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Careworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/careworn. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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