Both terrorists were set in place, looking somewhat the worse for wear.

It was a long evening, and he arrived home at two in the morning, much the worse for wear.

All I heard was that you'd come back in a taxi the worse for wear.

"We promise to return her, perhaps the worse for wear, but alive, in a few days."

The other two did not seem much the worse for wear, but each of them had been very close to death this day.

The owl, none the worse for wear, was returned to the night.

"We have him, too, looking only slightly the worse for wear."

He was the worse for wear in another sense, come the end of the evening.

Jackson took his place at the defense table, looking the worse for wear after nearly a week in jail.

The boy usually dragged home looking much the worse for wear.