tiresome
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What’s tiresome is that in learning about them we have to sit through a one-sided lecture of the usual dreary sort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
But, then again, maybe the inevitable is tiresome.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Which would get tiresome if she weren’t being blackmailed about William, the money and Neha’s perilous position with the police force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
I think people will find this increasing speculation of real versus fake to be tiresome and begin to tune out.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
Even the tiresome call of the cuckoo in the walnut tree was only a pleasant sound of summer.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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