Meaning of roadworn | Babel Free

Definitions

Worn out by long travel on roads, or (figurative) in a damaged or depleted state due to constant or prolonged usage or exertion.

Examples

“Now that they were close, Lirith could see the vehicles were more than a little roadworn: wood cracked, gilt peeled, and dust flecked sun-faded paint.”

“When he was just beyond the house Kwan Moh Kia dropped down between the shafts, on that March afternoon in 1906, when his aorta exploded like a roadworn tyre.”

“He looked roadworn and weary, but intact and as robust as I remembered him, considering his injury.”

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