Sentence examples for wears through from inspiring English sources

However, one difficulty is to estimate how long it will be before the coating wears through.

The walking man in "The Limits of Control," a Minimalist exercise in the key of cool from Jim Jarmusch, wears through a lot of shoe leather during his feature-length tramp.

It's where his comic inventiveness rises to a peak of extravagance, and it's hammered home by way of the sweater that he wears through most of the film (a present from Ethan), which is adorned with one gigantic Star of David among lots of smaller ones.

And much like the little cliques of smokers that spring up outside restaurants and bars or the tobacco chewers who can spot one another by the circle the tobacco tin wears through the back pocket of their jeans, there is a secret society of Nicoretters.

The white, ruffly, silk and organza Giselle gown that the petite Ms. Adams wears through many of her early scenes weighed 45 pounds, was cinched tightly at the waist and had such a life of its own that Mr. Lima said Ms. Adams began comparing him to the Marquis de Sade.

She prefers to reduce the amount of clothing she wears through a checkpoint -- ergo the bikini.

Their thin soles often wear through, critics say.

The journey took five months, during which he averaged 20 miles a day, pitched his tent on front lawns and wore through three pairs of Timberland Chocorua Trail boots.

During the journey Mr McDonald has worn through 10 pairs of trainers and slept rough.

He continued in his socks, which soon wore through, forcing him to finish the journey walking barefoot on the ice and snow.

Best Act of Self-Defense: Screenwriter John Milius' wife, Elan Oberon, brought her own heavy-duty, gun-range-style ear protectors, which she wore through much of the screening.