war-worn

Beneath the war-worn colors of puce and ash, each and every one has retained a core of the most magnificent magenta.

Veracity LAURA BYNUM 2010

Another request that could be considered more loosely tied to the additional 30,000 troops is the $1.7 billion for reset, to replace war-worn equipment, particularly losses.

Obama's War Supplemental: Recent Reports Strengthen The Case Against It 2010

Some might argue that the effect of the additional combat operations on equipment in Afghanistan is likely to be gradual particularly with the phasing-in of troops over the course of the year making it particularly difficult to predict the need to replace war-worn equipment.

Obama's War Supplemental: Recent Reports Strengthen The Case Against It 2010

Some of DOD's request, however, including the $1 billion for training in the Iraqi Security Forces Fund (ISFF), the $2 billion to offset fuel increases, and the $1.7 billion for reset or replacement of war-worn equipment is less clearly related to the new deployments, and some could argue should be considered as part of DOD's regular FY2011 appropriation request.

Obama's War Supplemental: Recent Reports Strengthen The Case Against It 2010

"In 1991 there were a lot of gangsters ... in that time, I wouldn't dare open a coffee shop -- there would have been lots of trouble," says Mr. Nguyen, who survived a six-day boat voyage out of war-worn Vietnam without food or water in the early 1980s.

Foreign Places 2009

The troops sprang to their work, and moved forward with all the steadiness and firmness that characterizes war-worn veterans.

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

The celebrated Master of the Templars was a tall, thin, war-worn man, with a slow yet penetrating eye, and a brow on which a thousand dark intrigues had stamped a portion of their obscurity.

The Talisman 2008

The troops sprang to their work, and moved forward with all the steadiness and firmness that characterizes war-worn veterans.

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

Scarcely the war-worn Greeks shall win such favour of heaven,

Poems and Fragments 2006

This Helen most faithfully promised to do; and her aged father retired to his armory, and donned his ancient war-worn corselet.

Burlesques 2006