tiresome person

Example Sentences

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And only a very tiresome person resents their parents for having participated in a widespread community myth that is usually quite benign.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2018

“What a tiresome person Lady Crowan is. Do you really believe all the people round here are talking and dreaming of nothing but a fancy dress ball at Manderley?”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Miss Polly was a tiresome person, but at least she was faithful, and long habit had established a bond of tolerance, if not of affection, between them.

From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

ADELAIDE: Probably a tiresome person too incompetent to make a perfect tower.

From Plays by Glaspell, Susan

The faddist is a very tiresome person anywhere; above all things he should be kept away from armies and navies, where he may do much mischief.

From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John