wear well
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Flaccid posturing doesn't wear well on her, but without sparring partners to make her irresistibly despicable, squishiness is all she has.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2023
But it doesn’t wear well for a laptop that costs $2,699 to start and is kind of marketed as being the all-in-one machine to save you from having to buy so many extra accessories.
From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2022
“I don’t think she’ll wear well over time.”
From Fox News • Aug. 2, 2020
But the increasingly choreographed and celebratory nature of the District’s demonstrations did not wear well with some activists.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2020
None of this seemed to wear well on Viola.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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