- present participle of weary.
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
At the end of Van Ness, after several foot- wearying miles, we came to a warehouse.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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