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  • present participle of wear.
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wearing

[wair-ing] / ˈwɛər ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
tiring
Synonyms


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She says the job is "tolerable", but feels like she's always wearing a camera.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

When the BBC visited his father at his Mumbai home last week, he sat under a wall that had photographs of his late wife, and of Capt Sabharwal wearing his uniform.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It strongly suggests a head with either blond Jheri-curls or wearing a heavy-gauge knit cap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Police Scotland said two officers were also injured after hundreds of people wearing masks marched through the city centre on Tuesday evening.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

I can see it now: she’s wearing a flower-print dress, running through a field of wheat, her shiny strawberry-blond hair flowing behind her.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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