careworn

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  1. adjective Showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility: the parent's careworn face.

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  • Anxious and careworn, his heart bleeding with grief for the losses of our brave soldiers, and harassed by the grave duties constantly demanding his attention, he had but one purpose,—to go on unfalteringly and unhesitatingly in his course until the supremacy of the Government was restored in every portion of its territory. —  The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln
  • His face was slightly careworn, his brow had lost something of its unruffled smoothness, and the fresh carnation tints had faded out of his complexion; but the wealth of expression his countenance had gained might atone for heavier losses. —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
  • He looked thin and careworn, as if he had gone through great hardships; and even the honest skipper was considerably pulled down. —  The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco
  • He looks thin and careworn--like an old man already That very evening Ernest went to the Doctor, and very briefly told him all about Ellis; how fast he was improving, and how happy he had become, till Barber came to the school and spread reports against his fair fame The Doctor asked Ernest what the reports were. —  Ernest Bracebridge School Days
  • He had an expression half careworn, and half villainous, of which he gave Stumpy the full benefit as he inquired What 'ave yer got Got, pal?" —  The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch
 

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