Worn

Examples

• Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Well, then, he said, I yield; if not to your earnestness, to your perseverance: as stone is worn by continual dropping. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The true gold of religion was in many cases thrown away with the worn-out purse that had contained it for so long, and it was not recovered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I sat down in the vacant chair--gently unclasped the poor, worn, restless fingers, and took both her hands in mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He slipped off his worn down-trodden shoes, and cast himself heavily, all wet as he was, upon the bed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Some of the stone steps are foot-worn only on one end; others only on the other end; others only in the middle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The above is sufficient for two pads, which should be made into an oblong or diamond shape, with linen or muslin, and worn over the pit of the stomach. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Being dressed, I went down; not travel-worn and exhausted, but tidy and refreshed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The floor was of another material, very hard, and worn by much use to the smoothness of glass. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• You are worn out with excitement, so go at once to bed. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The English crown has been gradually built up from the plain circlet with four trefoil heads worn by William the Conqueror. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He made a little gesture as though he kissed the hem of an imaginary garment worn by the noble youth before him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Whatever he put on, became him less (it dismally seemed to me) than what he had worn before. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The men had no clothing but what they had volunteered in, and much of this was so worn that it would hardly stay on. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The guide showed us the veritable armor worn by the great son-in-law and successor of Mahomet, and also the buckler of Mahomet's uncle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I offer it, as totally new, to the worn-out dramatists of France. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Two horses lame (mine and Jack's) and the others worn out. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Marian's face was sadly worn and anxious. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She had walked some distance, for her shoes were worn to pieces; but where she came from, or where she was going to, nobody knows. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She has had a good example before her all her life, my dear, Mr. March whispered back, with a loving look at the worn face and gray head beside him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Here and there, the set of the current had worn down the bank into a little creek, and we were all suspicious of such places, and eyed them nervously. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She put her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I'm wery much mistaken if that 'ere Jingle worn't a-doin somethin' in the water-cart way! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Ah, that proverb is quite worn out, replied the Rector cheerily; try another, my boy, try another. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• My beloved, so he wrote to me at last, my spirits and health fail me; they are worn out and exhausted, with this close confinement. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• With my strict English ideas as to the class of clothes to be worn by a prominent man, there was nothing in Edison's dress to impress me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Blowed if the gen'lm'n worn't a-gettin' up on the wrong side,' whispered a grinning post-boy to the inexpressibly gratified waiter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It does no man any good to have his patience worn out, and to think himself ill-used. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It seems a little thing to cry about, said poor Miss Jellyby apologetically, but I am quite worn out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I had never worn a black frock, that I could recollect. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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