fed up

Example Sentences

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To improve, she said, more investment in permanent housing is needed so people have a place to go and don’t get stuck in interim beds where they eventually get fed up or kicked out.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

“And the point of this is to show how fed up the American people are — because we are.”

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

"Everybody wants this to be resolved," summed up an EU diplomat, saying fellow capitals were "more or less fed up" with the Hungarian leader's behaviour.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Near the end of “Her First American,” Ilka becomes fed up with her Jewish and black friends arguing about who has had it worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

He was fed up with traveling through exotic countries selling shark-fin aphrodisiacs, ginseng to cure all ills, carved Eskimo statues, stuffed Amazonian piranhas, and chinchillas for ladies’ coats.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende