worn out Betydning & definition

Eksempler på worn out

• We talk loosely about people being 'worn out' by a lifetime of labour, but this process is far from being understood.

• The rendering on the walls is flaking off, the weary roofbeams are buckling under the weight of the roofs, the wooden bridges are worn out.

• A man dressed in a secondhand overcoat, in a used and worn out suit, a man whose face no longer had any human characteristics.

• The report called for a new series of short, rotating health warnings to replace the existing ' ' worn out ' ' messages.

• Parental resources are worn out while fulfilling the demands of the rehabilitation process.

• American exceptionalism may have worn out its welcome, but it may be time to reconsider the value of synthesis.

• The ice gets worn out from underneath from the currents.

• My arms were cracking, and my back was worn out.