well-worn

[ wel-wawrn, -wohrn ]

/ ˈwɛlˈwɔrn, -ˈwoʊrn /

showing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets.

trite, hackneyed, or stale: a well-worn saying.

fittingly or becomingly worn or borne: a well-worn reserve that never seems haughty.

Origin of well-worn

First recorded in 1615–25

I am carrying a well-worn satchel fashioned out of a recycled plastic tarp.

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He keeps the papal Mercedes parked in the Vatican garage and insists on tooling around Rome in well-worn 1984 Renault.

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Simple: not merely because it was wrong, but because it was wrong in such familiar-sounding and well-worn ways.

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He said this was a well-worn path of Kashmiri and Punjabi militants moving from one base to another.

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What's more, Parent uses Kevin's sexuality as an ingenious plot device that fits seamlessly within the well-worn Archie narrative.

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Yon downward and well-worn way leads sinful souls to the place of everlasting punishment.

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The delicate hands, still unwrinkled, were folded, and lightly clasped a well-worn rosary.

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"All of which has come to be a pretty old and well-worn story with us, McVickar," said the listener quietly.

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The room is old fashioned, furnished with well-worn mahogany and leather, and lined with tin boxes and estate plans.

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The bishop leaned back in his well-worn, leather chair almost with a sigh.

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well-worn

so much used as to be affected by wear a well-worn coat

used too often; hackneyed a well-worn phrase