worn
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,636 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,126 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
worn in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The curtains had been turned so as to display their least worn side.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Jerking his sword underneath larboard arm, He ground his worn grinders to keep himself calm.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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My clothes after some time will be worn out; and then I shall have none to cover me.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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It was a barren mound of stone, worn into gullies and sharp precipices by the action of the waves and rain.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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She had been thinking a good deal about her dress--this particular faithful one which she had already worn through a twelvemonth.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1