Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
1The activities of women in the church usually follow along well-worn paths.
2DINING:Looking for some alternatives to the well-worn staples of the Christmas-Day table?
3In order to reach Switzerland, the tourist has many well-worn routes available.
4J.J. closed his rule book, slipped it in his well-worn calfskin briefcase.
5I have to take little steps and to keep in well-worn paths.
6He was dressed in a somewhat well-worn grey suit and wore spectacles.
7Their well-worn gear, including boots, helmets and shovels, was also on display.
8To compare the communist party to the church is a well-worn clich.
9Its well-worn pages bear testimony of the good service it has done.
10With stern and stubborn brow, he stood shivering in his well-worn jacket.
11He kept a well-worn book of Zen Buddhist philosophy at his post.
12A well-worn path led up a slope of oak, ash, and beech.
13It had the well-worn look of an old coat, shabby but comfortable.
14She regarded Lily with dismay and flipped open a well-worn leather Day-Timer.
15They are on the twelve constellations, a well-worn but apparently attractive subject:
16Strout took a well-worn memorandum book from his pocket and consulted it.