outwear
verb (used with object)
to wear or last longer than; outlast.
had outworn
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past perfectof outwear.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“I had outworn my usefulness,” Watt said of his decision, adding that others “wouldn’t get off my case” about his insulting coal advisory panel comment.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
He had never been a man to count dollars or costs, and to a large extent he had outworn himself and the family fortunes in a vain search for health.
From The Mardi Gras Mystery by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones
When the convulsions set up by the snuff had outworn their first violence, he fixed his monocle upon the guest's chair.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
Claire's invitation to be one of a distinguished group fed her vanity long after her daughter had outworn the delights of retrospection.
From The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie
She stood by the stone of sacrifice, a piteous sight to see, for her frenzy or rather her madness had outworn itself, and she was as she had ever been.
From Montezuma's Daughter by Henry Rider Haggard
