overworn

[ oh-ver-wawrn, -wohrn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

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How many overworn quotations from Shakespeare suddenly leap into meaning and brightness when they are seen in their context!

He had been so overworn and overwrought, that his mind took on feverish fancies.

The frayed and overworn gut broke at a knot, and with a loose roll he dropped back towards the deep.

On the evening previous, Ezra Bushnell, overworn by many attempts at navigating the machine, was taken seriously ill.

After the meal was ended, Lora found herself overworn with excitement.

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