| Even when we are a little the worse for wear through drink, our natural inclination to apologise to pets and inanimate objects comes to the fore. |
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| Needless to say, all that and no dinner meant I've been feeling a little the worse for wear today. |
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| Most of these filled baskets looked a little the worse for wear but there were a couple that were in reasonable condition. |
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| The living-room is somewhat the worse for wear, with a threadbare dark red carpet. |
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| The bear had obviously been well-loved by a previous owner and was somewhat the worse for wear. |
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| He was not in good physical shape and tended to be rather the worse for wear after lunch. |
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| On match days, both pubs will be brimming over with fans, many the worse for wear from alcohol. |
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| I got the bus at Clapham Common, and three young Australian women got on, rather the worse for wear, one of them with a Smirnoff Ice in her hand. |
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| Little did I expect that a, slightly worse for wear, sprig of green taken from the boxes would become a priceless Christmas moment. |
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| If you were, you may have seen a thrusting City type in his mid-thirties, the worse for wear after an office party, running for a taxi. |
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| In fine Whistler tradition, the beer flowed freely and as a result, this morning many of the brunch attendees looked the worse for wear. |
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| The trailer is much the worse for wear, and gives a mix of spoilers and outright disinformation. |
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| Despite suffering from sunburn, jellyfish stings and lack of sleep, we all survived and are no worse for wear. |
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| He seems none the worse for wear, despite momentarily leaning on his scythe for support. |
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| He has made a habit of being caught on camera the worse for wear outside London hot spots in the early hours and has also admitted using cocaine. |
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| The team had been partying hard all night and several were the worse for wear. |
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| An extra 19 million days a year are wiped out in lost productivity by staff pitching up for work worse for wear. |
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| He was scragged by two players, disappeared under a heap of bodies, but emerged from the bottom of the ensuing ruck none the worse for wear. |
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| It's finally gone and I notice the mock orange bushes looking a little worse for wear. |
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| When I got back and hung my swimming costume out to dry I discovered that it's a bit worse for wear! |
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| Plus, it looks amazing, a Gothic monstrosity the worse for wear after years of decay and gutting by fire. |
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| It now consisted of two rooms and a kitchen with a rather forlorn looking hotplate that looked the worse for wear. |
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| In the end, though, the truck didn't appear to be much the worse for wear, and they drove it away. |
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| Most of the Sheffield Plate that appears on the market is in relatively good condition, whereas much of the 19th century electroplate is very much the worse for wear. |
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| In fact the Finuge pitch, despite the best efforts of the committee, looked the worse for wear after the summer deluge and was not suitable for such an important fixture. |
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| The meadow saffron in the photograph is looking a little worse for wear because Good Golly Miss Molly and her sibling partners in crime sat on it. |
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| It is rather the worse for wear, very grainy with pronounced film defects. |
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| Investigations revealed he was a regular hash user and on this occasion was feeling particularly the worse for wear because he had been drinking heavily the night before. |
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| The paint seemed to be rather the worse for wear, her thick mascara tracing black lines down her thin cheeks with the tears that she seemed to be unable to stop. |
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| Transparency has won the day, even if the precautionary principle looks a little the worse for wear. |
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| At the end of the evening, we turn off the TV and, generally speaking, we live our lives none the worse for wear. |
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| It looked a bit worse for wear on the right side, but we were back in the rally. |
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| The vines look a little beaten and worse for wear after this process, but no lasting damage is done. |
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| This week Li-Lo, 23, fell out of a party after getting a bit worse for wear. |
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| He looked only slightly the worse for wear. |
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| But the strangler's disquiet proved unbased. The snarl opened its jaws and Shelyid popped out, none the worse for wear. |
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| All of us inhale a few dozen spores every day and are no worse for wear. |
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| Cato the Younger was also known as a heavy drinker, frequently found stumbling home disoriented and the worse for wear in the early hours of morning by fellow citizens. |
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