Examples of 'had seen better days' in a sentence

Meaning of "had seen better days"

had seen better days: This phrase is used to describe something or someone that is no longer in good condition compared to its past state. It implies that the entity has deteriorated over time

How to use "had seen better days" in a sentence

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had seen better days
The club had seen better days.
He was dressed in an old coat that had seen better days.
This bar had seen better days.
He was the descendant of a noble family that had seen better days.
My red hair had seen better days.
And she was wearing a thong which looked like it had seen better days.
This bridge had seen better days.
The fence on the left side of the property had seen better days.
They had seen better days.
Or at least that he had seen better days.
It had seen better days.
It looked like it had seen better days.
There was a screaming baby and he was only wearing underpants that had seen better days.
Some sweats that had seen better days.
We were hustled onto a Dakota, a large military transport plane that had seen better days.

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Plus the costume had seen better days.
This was obviously an older model that had seen better days.
Mr. Tibbs had seen better days.
The hut they were given to stay in had seen better days.
She was born of parents who had seen better days but had fallen into poverty.
We also walked past the local leisure centre which had seen better days.
Clearly the series had seen better days.
We also found two beautiful churches that looked as if they had seen better days.
The linoleum floor had seen better days too.
He seemed to be unharmed, though his clothing had seen better days.
The Interficio had seen better days.
It was a church, like so many that had seen better days.
Damaged, and it had seen better days.
Like the rest of the dying world, the truck had seen better days.
The ends of my hair had seen better days.
Manhattan was a lot like my purse -- damaged, and it had seen better days.
In a dilapidated village that had seen better days.
Ryan is a lawman whose career had seen better days.
The place looked like it had seen better days.
The door looked like it had seen better days.
There was an old well that had seen better days.
The only bus available had seen better days.
Both chairs had seats that had seen better days.
He was riding in a Ford which had seen better days.
Like everything else in town, it had seen better days.
His boots, like the truck, had seen better days.
It, like everything else in the district, had seen better days.

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