wear
verb (used with object)
to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like.
have worn
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present perfectof wear.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The most daunting challenge was intuiting what Bessette would have worn in the years before she met Kennedy and became one of the most photographed women in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
You could always opt for the fisherman-style sandal, which looks like something a history teacher might have worn in the 1970s.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Our shoes are built differently than anything most people have worn before,” says Matthew Tran, Birchbury’s owner and founder, since the foot sits flat instead of angled downward like conventional dress shoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
But geopolitical conflicts, high costs and the rise of AI have worn on workers, she said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
The saying might have worn out of my memory, had not a circumstance immediately followed which served indelibly to fix it there.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
