Example sentences for: well-worn

How can you use “well-worn” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I suspect that spending many hours getting Reagan to talk about the past (which he is astute enough to realize does not mean much to Reagan except as the source of well-worn anecdotes) must have given him an exaggerated sense of Reagan's detachment from any engagement with the present.

  • They are guaranteed to last a lifetime, and judging by the number of well-worn pairs on feet in the hinterland, it certainly seems to be the truth.

  • Obviously, the affirmative-action debate is an important if well-worn controversy.

  • The urban backdrop: Tak Fujimoto's sublimely subtle, atmospheric cinematography made Philadelphia look ancient, decadent, well-worn; rarely does an American film setting feel so saturated with the past and teeming with the footprints left by earlier generations.

  • To most people in the English-speaking world, Aye means yes, as in that well-worn phrase, Aye, aye, skipper.


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