wearying

Example Sentences

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For 35 years, Mr. Self has continued in a similar vein, dazzling and sometimes wearying his readers with his madcap plots and lexical pyrotechnics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” brilliantly depicts the wearying search for sanctuary that so many of us go through in our adult lives.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

In the fall of 1982, after two wearying years of quarantines that ultimately extended through six counties and some 3,000 square miles, California declared victory.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

What he got had a wearying familiarity to it.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024

‘No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying.’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien