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
It’s been wearisome hearing Riley constantly refer to USC’s past as if he adopted a Pop Warner team and now wants credit for teaching the kids to block and tackle.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024
"Alas, it was also, as this wearisome musical prequel cruelly demonstrates, a mistake."
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023
That gift grows more wearisome in the book’s final sections, as Markley balances ever-more-intense portraits of devastation with ever more pages of Ashir’s policy wonkery and scenes of boardroom debates.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023
Despite Rayner’s close attention, Olmsted’s condition did not improve; his stay at Hampstead Heath became wearisome.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing wearisome
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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