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How to pronounce careworn in English?

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Synonyms drawn, haggard, raddled, worn


looking careworn as she bent over her mending.

Examples of careworn

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Belaga's Main Bazaar is a row of careworn early 20th century Chinese shophouses.
From the time.com
I was sitting in the gently careworn campo behind the Chiesa dell'Angelo Raffaele.
From the guardian.co.uk
What she finds is some common ground with a careworn African searching for his son.
From the independent.co.uk
As Rhoda's mother, Jennifer Rea shows her frayed nerves all over her careworn face.
From the orlandosentinel.com
I'm stood on a careworn street staring up at an unremarkable terraced house.
From the dailymail.co.uk
I know exactly who lives behind those windows and the careworn streets run through me.
From the guardian.co.uk
You can see it in his careworn expression and his fretting in the middle.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Twenty-five years have passed and the careworn house on Tremont Street is hardly changed.
From the timesunion.com
Hackett's painting shows a youngster whose pensive eyes look burdened, almost careworn.
From the newsobserver.com
More examples
  • Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
  • Showing the signs of long-term stresses