CAREWORN in a Sentence
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Example sentences for CAREWORN, such as:
1. Nikolai Petrovitch had a careworn air.
2. He had grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for which he had been remarkable.
3. The Governor came up to Madame Odintsov, announced that supper was ready, and, with a careworn face, offered her his arm.
2. He had grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for which he had been remarkable.
3. The Governor came up to Madame Odintsov, announced that supper was ready, and, with a careworn face, offered her his arm.
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Meanings and Examples of CAREWORN
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careworn
a. worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses
Classic Sentence:
1 Once more they assumed a careworn expression, and he even wiped his face with his handkerchief, then rolled it into a ball, and rubbed it to and fro against his upper lip.
2 The Governor came up to Madame Odintsov, announced that supper was ready, and, with a careworn face, offered her his arm.
3 Nikolai Petrovitch had a careworn air.
4 That feeling was so strong at the moment of leaving Voronezh that those who saw her off, as they looked at her careworn, despairing face, felt sure she would fall ill on the journey.
5 He was calm; but the agitation of the night was legible in his pale and careworn visage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
Context Highlight In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
6 Her face was very pretty still, but it looked careworn, and too delicate; and her hand was so thin and white that it seemed to me to be almost transparent.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
7 The countenance of Hawkeye was haggard and careworn, and his air dejected, as though he felt the deepest degradation at having fallen into the power of his enemies.
8 He had grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for which he had been remarkable.
Example Sentence:
1 Miss Miller was more ordinary; ruddy in complexion, though of a careworn countenance.