weather-beaten
Use Weather-beaten in a sentence
ərˌbit adjective
1.
bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
2.
tanned, hardened, or otherwise affected by exposure to weather: a weather-beaten face.
Origin:
1520–30
1520–30
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| weather-beaten | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | showing signs of exposure to the weather |
| 2. | tanned or hardened by exposure to the weather |
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Weather-beaten
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
The tattered, faded and weather-beaten register revealed no signatures.
Weather-beaten and often consumptive, watermen lived a bare-knuckled existence.
The grocery is in a weather-beaten building, the only retail business on what some might call the wrong side of the tracks.
The weather-beaten concrete exteriors of the city's buildings speak of long, harsh winters.
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