Adam West recaptures the campiness of his Batman performance as he plays a washed-up TV action hero who's clueless and a thorn in the side of the LAPD. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)
It hits every cliche about a washed-up country singer (Gwyneth Paltrow) hoping for a comeback and watching younger and perkier women hot on her trail (Leighton Meester). ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)
It's not totally unlike the British turning to a washed-up, over-the-hill politician with a lot of baggage, named Winston Churchill, when their backs were to a different sort of wall in 1940. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Cheney is just a old, white haired, washed-up, disgruntled Republican who still thinks he's GOD. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Climbing into bed with Otto, the horrified State Department warned, would paint Roosevelt as favoring restoration of the washed-up Habsburgs, not a popular idea with the Russians or other Balkan countries Washington wanted as allies. ❋ Douglas Waller (2011)
Castro and Ché may, indeed, be a source of inspiration for ignoramuses, washed-up ideologues, tendentious institutions, or people who still believe that he accomplished some "good things," much as Hitler "created jobs" or Mussolini "made the trains run on time" or Pinochet "saved Chile from communism" but it is shocking that the AP would sink this low to make a buck. ❋ Thor Halvorssen (2011)
Macy stars as Charlie Berns, a washed-up Hollywood producer about to commit suicide when his nephew (Jason Ritter) shows up with a script for an art house film about 19th Century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Chris Pratt is affecting as Scott Hatteberg, the washed-up catcher recycled by Billy, according to sabermetric precepts, into a valuable first-baseman. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2011)
And there are lots of other nice touches — for example, the amazing scenes of the washed-up wrestlers hawking VHS tapes at the American Legion hall, the parallels between pro wrestling that are never belabored or (so rarely in the age in which Aaron Sorkin is considerd a genius) theorized about by the characters. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Just because you are old doesn't mean that people don't think you are a washed-up fool! farhorizons ❋ Unknown (2009)
Holt McCallany stars in a career-defining performance as a washed-up pro boxer beset by financial, physical, psychological, moral and family problems that would bring a lesser human to his knees. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Castro and Ché may, indeed, be a source of inspiration for ignoramuses, washed-up ideologues, tendentious institutions, or people who still believe that he accomplished some "good things," much as Hitler "created jobs" or Mussolini "made the trains run on time" or Pinochet "saved Chile from communism" but it is shocking that the AP would sink this low to make a buck. ❋ Thor Halvorssen (2011)
Well, I'm not going to say the words 'Barack Obama,' but… Yes, that's boneheaded talk from a washed-up actor—but if the U.S. government had responded to it by throwing Mr. Fonda in jail, can there be any doubt whatsoever that filmmakers and film studios from coast to coast would have demanded his release? ❋ Terry Teachout (2011)
Malasig/European Pressphoto Agency A flood victim recovered a washed-up log at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters on Tuesday in Iligan City, northern Mindanao, The Philippines. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Dunaway is commanding in a caffeinated performance as ruthless Diana, William Holden unusually affecting as a washed-up veteran of TV's glory days, and Finch a revelation as the unbalanced Beale, winning a posthumous Oscar for his work. ❋ John Farr (2012)
Your correspondent Steven Bavaria ( Letters , Dec. 19) has it wrong about Winston Churchill, who was hardly a washed-up over-the-hill politician in the 1930s, though he did have baggage (Gallipoli), but none of a personal kind, and the British didn't turn to him in 1940. ❋ Unknown (2011)
As Armageddon looms, two people stand up to Creel and his scheme: a rogue security agent who uses the single name of Shaw and a washed-up reporter, Katie James. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"We got to talking about how insane it is that in 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' Blanche DuBois, who is supposed to be a washed-up old mess and is frantic about being seen in harsh light, is 30 years old," Levy says. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Man [Tracy McGrady] was so good 10 years ago, now he is [all washed up].
Jerry [Stackhouse] was such a great player. To bad he's just an old washed up fringe player now. ❋ Jr404040 (2015)
After pursuing acting in Los Angeles with mediocre success, he came back home to Kansas, where [the folks] thought of him as somewhat of a celebrity, but deep down, he knew he was just an LA wash-up.
She lost [the congressional] race, was booted from her [incumbent] seat, and had to pack her bags and go back to being a regular old civilian. She tried her best to not make a big presence or be seen much in her hometown, lest her community members recognize her as the political wash-up that she now is. ❋ Siren2277 (2021)
When is [Korn] going to quit [churning] out new albums? Korn, and the entire [nu-metal] genre is washed up, when will they ever just let them die?!? ❋ Ru1ner (2006)
[Heckler]: "It is not funny, that's why you're a reject, never had no shows, never had no movies, 'Seinfeld' - that's it!"
[Michael Richards]: "Oh, I guess [you got me there]. You're absolutely right. I'm just a wash-up. Gotta stand on the stage." ❋ Theowoll (2011)
[Honey] you're [washed up] like [Tyler Perry]. ❋ JanetsBitch (2010)
"Boy, you had [bath] today?" "[Momma] [i had] a wash up!" ❋ Greg Wiley (2004)
washed up is [a sex] [move] ❋ Ralph Ralph (2017)
i havent done anything good [in my life] and aint comfortable wit myself so im [gona] call him washed up cause he did somthin or [accomplished] somthin ❋ Bingy (2005)
[Like when] a person does or says [something stupid] or gross, it would be appropriate to tell them to "[wash up]." ❋ Ryne And Reid (2006)
"[Bobby], [go wash] up before [supper], you've been playing outside all day"
"But Mom!..." ❋ Deh_tripper (2005)
