weary
Example Sentences
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Americans weary of high prices have recently been able to count on cheap gasoline as a welcome offset for sticker shock at the grocery store and beyond.
A weary President Lincoln was doing his best to fight for the future of the country that Benjamin Franklin had so believed in.
From Literature
Americans are weary of prices that remain much higher than they were before the pandemic, even if the pace of increases has slowed.
While strong stock and real-estate portfolios have allowed high-income Americans to keep spending, many consumers further down the income ladder—weary from years of high inflation—are anxious about their jobs and incomes.
Dr. Muhsen Abdullah, the surgeon who heads the emergency room, spoke with a weary tone of a ward without surgical thread or stitches, and anesthesiologists forced to ask patients to purchase their own anesthetic.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
