wayworn
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of wayworn
Example Sentences
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The first night in Washington his wayworn band flopped down on the plaza lawn, slept on newspapers after police confiscated their bedding.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ah, dear my lord, oh, cause me hope again, So I may comfort me my spright wayworn.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
Meanly clad and wayworn were the strangers who now sat endeavoring to dry their dripping clothes at the blaze, and conversing in a low tone together.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
The complexion sustains as great a change: it is no longer flushed with gaiety and excitation, but pale and wayworn, indicating a profound mental and bodily exhaustion.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
There she found an old man, wearied and wayworn, who had lain down on some hay.
From Bluebeard by Clifton Johnson
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