well-used
used or employed often or for a long time; well-worn
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How to use well-used in a sentence
So what of the photograph of what the Senate report described as a “well-used waterboard” with buckets around it, at the Salt Pit?
CIA Interrogation Chief: ‘Rectal Feeding,’ Broken Limbs Are News to Me | Kimberly Dozier | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is a pugnacious writer and speaker himself, well used to picking intellectual fights.
For instance, Iago declares in Othello that, “Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.”
Is That a Bottle of Wine I See Before Me? The Delights of Drunk Shakespeare | Tom Teodorczuk | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"They were not very tempting, certainly; however, we are pretty well used to them by this time," replied De Lucenay.
Mr. Ernescliffe manages him very well—used to illness on that African coast, and the doctor is very fond of him.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte Yonge
Susannah was well used to reminding her aunt of things that lady knew perfectly well.
The Rake's Progress | Marjorie BowenWe had on the table a red oilcloth cover, various well-used salt-cellars, and a motley array of knives and forks.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrShe was evidently well used to her business; she did not even take the trouble to look into my face to see who was the newcomer.
The Making of a Saint | William Somerset Maugham
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