"weathered" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to something that has been exposed to and affected by the elements, either wind, sunlight, or water. Example sentence: After years of exposure to the sun's rays, the paint on the shed had become heavily weathered.
But Clancy has so far weathered congressional criticism, despite having spent only three of the past 30 years away from the agency while working as Comcast security chief in Philadelphia.
We've weathered several storms but it's not about huge drama any more.
It has weathered crises in the past, notably in the 1990s when allegations that it used sweatshop labour prompted then-chief executive Phil Knight to declare that the "Nike product has become synonymous with slave wages, forced overtime and arbitrary abuse".
It has weathered many storms before, and come out stronger.
They certainly feel like a couple who have weathered a lot, and he jokes that his wife now has him where she wants him, under control.
Robinson has weathered both personal and political controversy.
Blatter has weathered the storm in the short term but the result leaves him presiding over a split Fifa as he faces the biggest self-inflicted crisis in its 111-year history.
The company weathered the storm without layoffs, partly by reassigning redundant production workers to find ways to cut costs, improve quality and streamline production.
Indeed, Bahrain, the Gulf's first financial hub, has weathered the credit crisis quite well.
And yet this seems to be the option favoured by America.So far, the one piece of unquestionably good news has been that Pakistan has weathered the war better than many expected.
If senior tribal sheikhs and local strongmen along with their stocks of Stinger missiles and anti-tank guns lose faith in him, his days are numbered.On the other hand, Mr Saleh has weathered catastrophic economic and political shocks before.
