Well-worn

It was dry, colorless, and well-worn.

I fill up my humidifier, pull down the blind over my window, and tuck myself in between a pair of well-worn, scratchy cotton sheets.

Well she's black as coal, but she burn like a fire, And she wrap herself around you like a well-worn tire.

The decay of social norms and status quo systems triggering an authoritarian tightening of the screws is a well-worn pattern throughout human history.