Synonyms for shopworn


Grammar : Adj
Spell : shop-wawrn, ‐wohrn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɒpˌwɔrn, ‐ˌwoʊrn


Définition of shopworn

  • adj overused
Example sentences :
  • Even now, shopworn as she was, Gloria could have a fairly wide range of suitors should something happen to him.
  • Extract from : « The Doorway » by Evelyn E. Smith
  • Amid a mob of shopworn public men, here was one who had at least the charm of novelty.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I » by Burton J. Hendrick
  • I had a feeling that the end and slice would lie around and get shopworn if I did not take them.
  • Extract from : « The Car That Went Abroad » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • He was long limbed and awkward and useless, and homely as a shopworn fifty-cent yellow plush manicure set.
  • Extract from : « That Pup » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • He looks around helplessly as if searching for new words to clothe an old, shopworn phrase.
  • Extract from : « This Side of Paradise » by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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