weather-beaten
bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
tanned, hardened, or otherwise affected by exposure to weather: a weather-beaten face.
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How to use weather-beaten in a sentence
You will find few episodes in American history more weather-beaten than the origins of Thanksgiving.
An old weather-beaten bear-hunter stepped forward, squirting out his tobacco juice with all imaginable deliberation.
The long line of little gray, weather-beaten houses nestled peacefully among the orange trees.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinIndeed, it is but a few years since I saw his weather-beaten face, all lighted up with smiles.
Mike Marble | Uncle FrankMr. Wilding raised one eyebrow and looked aslant at Trenchard, whose weather-beaten face was suddenly agrin with stupefaction.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael Sabatini
One was fat with a complexion the color of old weather beaten brick and eyes that were watery and cold.
British Dictionary definitions for weather-beaten
showing signs of exposure to the weather
tanned or hardened by exposure to the weather
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