tiredly

Example Sentences

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Government bureaucrats and officers have taken to social media to show themselves folding in different poses and sometimes tiredly grabbing their backs after mass outdoor yoga sessions.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2023

Associate CEO Shannon Clancy watched a steady flow of overheated men and women shuffle tiredly into the building.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021

“I don’t believe in justice,” he adds tiredly.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 9, 2020

“My head hurts,” Najera’s friend said tiredly as the group left.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2018

Amaka asked, tiredly, and I could tell that right now she did not care about the woman who had nearly cried blood or about Nigerians being kicked around or about anything at all.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie