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well-worn Definition

well·-worn (-wôrn′)

adjective

  1. much worn; much used
  2. overused; trite a well-worn joke
  3. worn becomingly

well-worn Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • path: A well-worn path leads the way along the steep slope to the cave entrance.
  • trail: Early next morning I set off heading east along a well-worn trail up what looked like one of the main valleys in the area.
  • phrase: To use a well-worn phrase, they were only obeying orders.
  • theme: I would love to have a quick new plan for how to thicken faith but I am forced back to our well-worn themes.
  • route: The decision to pull SCEN out of SCVO has followed a well-worn public sector route.
  • track: Up the flank of Ben Nevis we climb the well-worn pony track, pitched with stones.

Modifying Another Word

  • fairly: It has to be said that it was fairly well-worn in a number of respects.
  • now: Walk up the aisle on the old tiled floor, formerly glazed but now well-worn by the feet of worshippers.