wearisome
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But any visitor who has circled the White House on foot knows that it’s a decidedly wearisome experience, punctuated by the detritus of security barriers and by efforts to keep the public at bay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
And all for a couple of ho-hum, wearisome men.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
"Alas, it was also, as this wearisome musical prequel cruelly demonstrates, a mistake."
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023
This year’s team will be anything but wearisome, and watching them will be anything but drudgery, and doesn’t that already feel like a cool October breeze cutting through stale summer air?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2023
It was dreary and wearisome: Cold clammy winter still held sway in this forsaken country.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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