For instance, I already own a well-worn pair of Birkenstocks, which appears to be half the artistic battle.
My well-worn schoolboy shoes were polished until they shone like glass.
The company is now just waiting for the world to beat a well-worn path to its door.
The friendship tunnel became a well-worn path - what with all the to-ing and fro-ing of furred and feathered visitors.
The wood shelves contain well-worn volumes, some dating back to the 1920s.
To me, Manhattan was like a well-worn shoe, ugly but honest, forthright about its flaws and beauties.
We were leafing through a well-worn copy of Sports Illustrated, and Mike was identifying his clients.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►path
· The company is now just waiting for the world to beat a well-worn path to its door.· Since then he has trod the well-worn path from radical to conservative.· The friendship tunnel became a well-worn path - what with all the to-ing and fro-ing of furred and feathered visitors.· However, I pursue neither of these two more well-worn paths.· Making it all the stranger that he should decide to lug his camera down the well-worn path of the court room drama.
1worn or used for a long time: a well-worn jacket2a well-worn expression, phrase etc has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting or effective: well-worn excuses