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Recent Examples of careworn
Matthew seems careworn, even distracted, struggling to write while leaning his knee on a bench.
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Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
There’s certainly a spirit of lively, spontaneous community in the film’s ensemble of screen newcomers, all cast from the region and fluent in its distinctive Henan dialect, who collectively contribute a vital air of careworn, lived-in human texture to proceedings.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
McVie had a foghorn of a voice and a careworn face that conveyed the fallout of many, many years of bus rides, motels and late-night diners.
—Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Her careworn beauty holds the camera rapt even while silently going about her job in a manner that plays as naturally absorbing.
—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
Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
There’s certainly a spirit of lively, spontaneous community in the film’s ensemble of screen newcomers, all cast from the region and fluent in its distinctive Henan dialect, who collectively contribute a vital air of careworn, lived-in human texture to proceedings.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
McVie had a foghorn of a voice and a careworn face that conveyed the fallout of many, many years of bus rides, motels and late-night diners.
—Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Her careworn beauty holds the camera rapt even while silently going about her job in a manner that plays as naturally absorbing.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for careworn
Adjective
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Only Hunter Goodman, a catcher who played for Hartford in 2022 and 23, will represent the woebegone franchise in the All-Star Game.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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While examples abound, the state’s woebegone bullet train project, its tortuous efforts to implement information technology and the financial and managerial meltdown of its unemployment insurance program are among the most egregious.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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San Diego is preparing to offer the forlorn and soon-to-be empty municipal building on the outskirts of the Civic Center for sale or lease.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 July 2025
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Now you were nailed to one spot, wearing this forlorn or broken expression.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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So those are the tracks that determinedly break from the overriding tone that runs through the other songs, which is rather more glum, or at least searching and reflective about why too much time got wasted in a long, nowhere love affair.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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Returning to work and dealing with strict COVID-19 protocols, inflation and supply-chain issues, crews could be glum.—
Steve Knopper,
Billboard,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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As Wilshere and his players greeted the Norwich fans, across the Riverside pitch, Michael Carrick and his Middlesbrough squad were conducting a disconsolate lap of appreciation in a largely emptied stadium.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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After noticing disconsolate tourists wandering the perimeter, Taskinen proposed installing a café on the ground floor and restoring the building’s four spacious apartments into modest but comfortable rooms filled with Artek furniture.—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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After a celebratory June, which saw the S&P 500 reach record highs, July is off to a gloomy start.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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Meteorologists are calling for rain on race day for the third consecutive year, and the long-term forecast for the race’s future on the NASCAR schedule looks gloomier.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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But on Tuesday, the Royals found a way to pick up their crestfallen teammate in a 10-7 victory.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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The Catalans went into the latest addition of the world’s biggest derby crestfallen after Tuesday’s painful Champions League semifinal second leg exit to Inter Milan.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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That's become a new line of attack for the Trump administration, which is already unhappy with the Fed for not moving more aggressively to lower interest rates.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
14 July 2025
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Speculation is that Ferrari is unhappy with Vasseur's performance, although these rumors have been shut down by Vasseur, Lewis Hamilton, and Charles Leclerc.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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“Careworn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/careworn. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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