overwear
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of overwear
Example Sentences
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He lumbered between courtrooms with his cane and black leather bag, in a black suit he insisted on always wearing until he was acquitted, the jacket shiny in places from overwear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
I have also with him leggings of heavier cloth for overwear.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
We were thin, with faces burned, withered, frozen and torn in fissures, with clothes ugly from overwear.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
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 ● Sep. 18, 2025
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 ● Jun. 8, 2013
His clothes, though neatly brushed, were too shabby and overworn for a person of his position.
From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell
Then he arose, thirsty, hungry, lame, overworn, and presently went in search of Belding and the business of the day.
From Desert Gold by Zane Grey
Gerarde, in describing such hues in flowers, was fond of the word "overworn"; and it was a very good word, and, like the one now in use, is derived from the association.
From Birds and Man by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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