at wit's end
Example Sentences
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“If you were at wit’s end and you got this, and you didn’t know the signs, I could easily see somebody just sending all their information and going, ‘Please hire me,’” said Carr.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
His aunt and caregiver, Kymberly Stacks, was at wit’s end, and took Easton to Siskin Children’s Institute, a nonprofit healthcare organization in Tennessee that accepted his Medicaid insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
"I am at wit's end how to proceed."
From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2023
“We imagine a loved one at wit’s end — agitated, frustrated and tired — for all they have been through getting to this moment,” Kelley said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2023
Long visit from Doctor; desperate; at wit's end; and with a sermon hanging upon my mind.
From Woman's Endurance by A. D (August D.) Luckhoff
