wearily

Example Sentences

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An unenlightening spectacle last week saw Porter float above the fray, wearily raising her eyebrows over the squabbling among her competitors.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“I wish I had known all this earlier,” Maggie said wearily.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

Indoors, people everywhere are assessing interior wind and water damage and wearily calculating how much time and money it will take to get their lives back to where they were before the storm.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

Some critics have praised Angelina Jolie's performance as renowned opera singer Maria Callas, saying she "soars into the Oscars race", but others were less keen, calling the film "wearily flat".

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

And when, wearily, they set off to find a vehicle of some kind to get them away from Capricorn’s village, they found all the cars had gone, too.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke