weary
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The presiding assumption is that generative AI can put a little more science into the art of matchmaking and offer a streamlined option to a dating pool that has grown weary of swiping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Cubans are not shy about admitting that they are increasingly weary of the constant disruptions to daily life.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Judging by some of the weary facial expressions from those undertaking this training, the same thought has crossed their minds.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The main inflation barometer used to set U.S. interest rates rose topped 4% in May for the first time in three years — but price relief might be finally on the way for weary consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“I shall not weary you with a long tale,” Gwydion said.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
As time passes, you see two smiling, handsome young men change, gradually appearing wearier as war strips away their innocence.
From BBC ● May 25, 2023
And the seemingly endless restrictions leave more ordinary Chinese people wearier by the day.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
Kyrgios took the final two sets in 74 minutes while Medvedev looked wearier with every point.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2022
Officials across the U.S. are again weighing how and whether to impose mask mandates as COVID-19 infections soar and the American public grows ever wearier of pandemic-related restrictions.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
The man behind the desk looked like an older, much wearier version of Chris.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
That it happens this way every year, offering an annual day of hope to even the weariest baseball cities, remains somehow powerful.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
With what had to be the weariest left hand in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed the last of nearly 1,000 bills he approved this year.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
The sun has barely set on a roaring summer concert season and a busy fall slate ensures there will be no rest for even the weariest local music fans.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
The under-fire Steve Bruce must have met news of Ronaldo’s return with the weariest of sighs.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2021
Do I take both before dinner, which is usually about 7:30, leaving an unbroken two-and-a-half-hour stretch when I’m weariest, between 8:30 and 11:00?
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
But numerous media reports suggest that he has been marginalised as Trump wearies of being controlled and seeks to cut loose.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2018
“Joy wearies me, and I hate happiness when I catch a glimpse of it in a human expression,” he told Newsweek in 1963.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
It wearies me to be thought of as timid, when I've had to do things that were so risky as to be almost crazy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite the technical difficulty of writing almost entirely in dialogue, Compton-Burnett rarely wearies or falters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of a truth this wearies me; I will be a nun no more.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
That night, Frometa listened to critics like Trujillo slam her anew while wearing a wearied smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
This was not something you could have accused her of over the summer, and was perhaps a sign of a body and mind wearied by nine months on the road.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
Waves of attacks pounded down on Paris St.-Germain, now dizzied and wearied.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
He’s a sensitive hero with vigor and swagger, a traveler in love with the universe with all its faults and perils instead of wearied by its greed and destructiveness.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
Alas, all his tales tended to be about himself and his globe-trotting adventures, and there was a sameness to them that soon wearied Penelope.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
At first it was staggering, the boom, boom, boom, watching both players crack heavy serve after heavy serve, but it started to become a little wearying, like watching an extended game of Whac-A-Mole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
It's a wearying cycle of failure from a team that's still stymied by its own weak psychology.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” brilliantly depicts the wearying search for sanctuary that so many of us go through in our adult lives.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
Mr. Irwin, 71, previously an account manager for a local business, is wearying of yard work and snow shoveling, and finding workers to do those chores instead has become difficult.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
On the contrary, she found Lady Constance’s frequent tirades rather wearying.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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