Exhausted and Worn

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Exhausted adjective - Depleted in strength, energy, or freshness.

Usage example: the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed

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Worn is a synonym for exhausted in state topic. In some cases you can use "Worn" instead an adjective "Exhausted", when it comes to topics like tired, weary, extremely tired.

Worn adjective - Depleted in strength, energy, or freshness.

Usage example: she was feeling very worn after a long day at work

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Exhausted is a synonym for worn in state topic. You can use "Exhausted" instead an adjective "Worn", if it concerns topics such as strained, tired, weary, used.

In "Henpecked Hoboes", George and Junior send a rooster flying to the North Pole by rocket, and he spends the rest of the cartoon relentlessly trying to get back to the barn, and is clearly exhausted and worn out by the time he gets back there.

Source: Western Animation / Tex Avery MGM Cartoons
However, if the siege has been long enough and bloody enough, the fight in the city center can result in a Back from the Brink moment, when the enemy army is so exhausted and worn down that they break and run.

Source: Cornered Rattlesnake
Have a Gay Old Time: a recurrent one is 'knocked up', used to mean 'exhausted' or 'worn out'.

Source: Literature / A Little Bush Maid

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