have outworn
- present perfect of outwear.
Example Sentences
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He ventured that the old shibboleths of "big government" and the Communist conspiracy have outworn their meaning.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nay, 'tis simple matter!" says I, whittling away but very conscious of her watchful eyes: "I have outworn many a weary hour carving things with my knife.
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery
We were on the highway from the port of Malaga to Granada, yet here was a broken bridge, a noble structure which should have outworn centuries, tumbling into ruin.
From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand
Thank God!" he cried, "I have outworn that mania of searching for prettiness.
From A Comedy of Masks A Novel by Dowson, Ernest Christopher
Strange how we use phrases which have outworn their meaning!
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
