Worn Out

"I'd bet my worn-out game vest that shotgun of his has never killed a public-land commoner's quail, but at least he'd nail the word-count limit on his stories." ❋ Unknown (2009)

And that indefatigable blogger has gone further to theorize about how such hats were created: It appears that the first people to wear the original 'Jughead'-styled caps were auto mechanics, welders and other workmen who found they could get the same' safety 'function of a factory worker's beanie by altering an old worn-out fedora. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Remember, worn-out oil doesn't necessarily look dirty. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Been a Marlin guy for years and just convinced frugal wife that the old 336 is finally worn-out and no longer safe to fire-up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his weekly address Saturday, Mr. Obama said the Republicans '"Pledge to America" plan has worn-out ideas, including tax cuts for the richest Americans and loosening regulations for Wall Street and special interests. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The only thing remotely special about today, the only possible beauty in these boring, worn-out ceremonies, lies in whatever personal message is received by each one of us, as unique individuals. ❋ Terri Cheney (2011)

Years later, when I was working in Warsaw and I got to know about black-market records, I gave my mother replacements of all her worn-out Tony Gardner albums, including that one I scratched. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What Charter 08 and Mr. Liu are saying is, "No, 'China' can be something different, something better than a worn-out, old-style authoritarian government." ❋ Perry Link (2010)

"It is grounded in the same worn-out philosophy: cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires, cut the rules for Wall Street and the special interests, and cut the middle class loose to fend for itself," Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address. ❋ Felicia Sonmez (2010)

He said it is true that Kinshasa has roads and fewer problems, but he maintains the registration kits are old and worn-out, the election staff are not trained, and policemen are asking for bribes from people. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He tried to think of the tramp as someone unremarkable, just an ordinary man with a dirty overcoat and worn-out boots; but instead all he could see once more was the vicious diving of the rooks. ❋ Blue Tyson (2010)

As we were in line paying our bill, a blue eyed semi-smiling guy mid to elderly, with a frumpy, well worn-out straw hat in a tattered, well worn-out washed away white long john top, and wearing scruffy jeans, heard us and volunteered to help by introducing us to someone who could complete the tour task at hand. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But joyous children (and their dogs) are everywhere: tearing through the maze of alleys, clomping through puddles, singing with delight in their cheap, tidy school clothes in their cement (again treeless) schoolyards, and playing in grimy streets under the watchful eyes of worn-out mothers who sit on their well-scrubbed front steps in their threadbare frocks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They'll have lots of recent publications from a series, but haven't replaced the worn-out and lost copies from the foundation of the series. ❋ Lou Anders (2009)

After [running the marathon] I was completely worn out. ❋ Todd W. (2007)

Her relationship [ended] again, she had sex with so many males,she's a [worn out] [slut]. ❋ Freija (2021)

Wow [Feodor] Vassilyev [must] have a [worn out todger]! ❋ Cheez 🧀 (2021)