wayworn
worn or wearied by travel: She was wayworn after the long trip.
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How to use wayworn in a sentence
We have had a most romantic journey, arriving in health, though wayworn, much of our ride having been in wagons.
Bertha and Her Baptism | Nehemiah AdamsA flash of joy and recognition leaped into his eyes as he beheld the wayworn figure in one of the antique carved oak chairs.
Under False Pretences | Adeline SergeantSo many indeed were the months that the wayworn Pilgrim, himself, came at last to forget their number.
The Uncrowned King | Harold Bell WrightSuppose some of the boys had seen me coming through Canterbury, wayworn and ragged, and should find me out?
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Charles DickensWhen you came to me, a little runaway boy, all dusty and wayworn, perhaps I thought so.
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for wayworn
/ (ˈweɪˌwɔːn) /
rare worn or tired by travel: footsore and wayworn
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