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dog-tired

[dawg-tahyuhrd, dog-] / ˈdɔgˈtaɪərd, ˈdɒg- /














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One particularly humid August night, fresh off a 14-hour flight, I was crawling homeward on the freeway, dog-tired to the point of delirium, and my phone rang.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

After working like a dog we are dog-tired.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2021

Candidates at this point, roughly nine months in, are supposed to be dog-tired, near the end of their personal resources, exhausted and, if they’re not winning, depressed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2016

I'd come across from covering the Queen's visit to Ireland and by now I was dog-tired and rather stumbling.

From BBC ● May 21, 2011

I’m dog-tired, and my body feels twice as heavy as we do our scythe work.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland


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