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tiresome person



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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 Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

Her husband was simply a superfluous and tiresome person.

From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett

"I might have known some tiresome person would see us out of a window," she thought.

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Angela Brazil




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