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Examples of wearisome in a Sentence
We had to listen to the usual wearisome complaints.
Her stories can get a little wearisome.
Recent Examples on the Web
Zendaya is on form, but the intrigue at the heart of the film becomes wearisome, said Dan Hitchens in The Spectator.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 2 May 2024
And even thanks can become wearisome with repetition.
—Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 20 July 2023
Advertisement Riding this team’s annual shooting star has become wearisome.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 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?
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
But the movie's relentless quippage grows wearisome, even borderline desperate.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 11 Mar. 2023
That quote’s so wearisome and trite.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
Today’s wearisome culture skirmish concerns Hogwarts Legacy, a Harry Potter video game.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 16 Feb. 2023
Even the excellence of Jakubiak and Poulis can't save their overwrought and protracted encounter, which eventually becomes wearisome.
—Terry Blain Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
The Week Uk, theweek, 2 May 2024
And even thanks can become wearisome with repetition.
—Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 20 July 2023
Advertisement Riding this team’s annual shooting star has become wearisome.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 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?
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
But the movie's relentless quippage grows wearisome, even borderline desperate.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 11 Mar. 2023
That quote’s so wearisome and trite.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
Today’s wearisome culture skirmish concerns Hogwarts Legacy, a Harry Potter video game.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 16 Feb. 2023
Even the excellence of Jakubiak and Poulis can't save their overwrought and protracted encounter, which eventually becomes wearisome.
—Terry Blain Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
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“Wearisome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wearisome. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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wearisome
adjective
wea·ri·some
ˈwir-ē-səm 
: causing weariness : tiresome
a wearisome lecture
wearisomely
adverb
wearisomeness
noun
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