Word: careworn
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...Paris, however, looks thoroughly chastened. The crowds in the subway, on the boulevards, show on their faces that the war has borne heavily on them--they look tired and careworn, each doing his share in the struggle, and each weighted down by the thought of the Herculean necessity for victory. The soldiers and officers seem unable to escape from the thought of going back to the trenches--they are imprisoned by the immense forces playing against each other, being mentally as well as physically crushed by the intense pressure at the front...
...Semis each professor looks quite careworn in the face...
...sitting in my room the other night, with a careworn look on his face, when we were somewhat startled by the performance of a hornpipe overhead. He groaned, and then unburdened himself of this weight...
...confusion, which seldom succeed, even under favorable circumstances. Foreigners notice especially the fast way in which our business men get through life. As though the fund of energy from which they draw were inexhaustible, they overwork the mind by continuous and intense toil; driving through life with an anxious, careworn look, and without consideration, giving themselves up to labor, so that middle age finds them with the work of life accomplished; worn out, and unable to obtain enjoyment from the pleasures which might be theirs. Among one class of students an idea prevails which is productive of no good. Without...