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How to pronounce worn in English?

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Synonyms careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled


looking careworn as she bent over her mending.
shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face.
Type Words


worn threads on the screw.
a worn suit.
the worn pockets on the jacket.

Examples of worn

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Menswear maker Hickey Freeman provided shirts worn in the movie by some bankers.
From the online.wsj.com
The results are unearthly pictures that resemble worn oil paintings or etchings.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Next to it is a collection of tattered, well-worn pages he also reads regularly.
From the sacbee.com
They won't be worn again for months, so they don't need to be immediately handy.
From the sacbee.com
Presumably the designer envisaged it being worn with absolutely nothing beneath.
From the canberratimes.com.au
If you look tired, haggard and worn, you also look old, and you feel older, too.
From the kansas.com
Traditionally, rosaries aren't worn as jewelry, but it seems times are changing.
From the stltoday.com
Exercise patterns were recorded through heart monitors worn by the participants.
From the sciencedaily.com
His musty office has a worn, Soviet feel to it, deep inside Moscow's parliament.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
  • Careworn: 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
  • (wear) be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day"
  • (wear) impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear"
  • (wear) clothing: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
  • (wear) have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
  • In materials science, wear is the erosion of material from a solid surface by the action of another surface. It is related to surface interactions and more specifically the removal of material from a surface as a result of mechanical action. ...
  • * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
  • (A Wear) A|Wear is an Irish chain of clothing stores that operates in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and more recently in the United Kingdom.