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Discover LudwigThe phrase "time-worn face" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone whose face shows signs of age or wear, often implying wisdom or experience. Example: "The old man sat on the bench, his time-worn face telling stories of a life well-lived."
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And this pudgy, time-worn face.
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The Villages is a retirement community, but the future will be filled with time-worn faces like these.America's older population already has considerable clout.
She saw the Burren Hills as "skeletons – rain-worn, time-worn, wind-worn – starvation made visible, and embodied in a landscape".
Some are time-worn classics, some more recently embraced.
Conservation transforms time-worn historical treasures and helps interpret their meaning.
China has responded in time-worn, depressing fashion: with massive numbers of troops; with the trundling out of Cultural Revolution-era political invective ("The Dalai Lama is a jackal wrapped in a habit, a monster with human face and animal's heart". For pity's sake); and with the exclusion of the foreign press from affected areas.
The world into which "Young Richard" walked that winter morning was an arcane one anchored in time-worn traditions.
The cautionary "grass is always greener" proverb may be the most time-worn of all cliches, and for good reason.
Sand over areas that would naturally be time-worn, revealing the base coat underneath.
She had high, thin eyebrows and a worn face.
He has a tough, sun-worn face and, from certain angles, could pass for a blue-collar Kerry Packer.
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