overworn
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Where lines like “don’t give up; don’t stop believing; keep the faith” can transform from overworn platitudes into a chant of quiet confidence and inflate the listener’s heart like the Grinch on Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s yours. I’ve already overworn it.”
From New York Times
But Limitless is a fantastic example of a film that spends so much time connecting the basic dots of various overworn genres that it ultimately doesn’t quite fit into any of them.
From The Verge
One of their most common trash items: overworn aprons and rags.
From Forbes
But for British dramas fictional cops cannot get away from the cheaper and often overworn suits favoured by their non-fictional contemporaries.
From The Guardian
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