Examples of tiresome in a Sentence
All those stories about his childhood can become tiresome after a while.
what a tiresome church service that turned out to be
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Being different or unique for the sake of attention getting is tiresome when an agent is reading dozens of queries at a time.
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Kate McKean 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Mike’s kvetching gets tiresome, but the movie zooms along with whiplash speed.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025
The intercutting of Tom’s black-and-white movie, which turns out to be not quite as accurate as initially implied, also grows tiresome.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
And after a tiresome 90 minutes and change, the vibes just seem off.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 11 June 2025
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Kate McKean 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Mike’s kvetching gets tiresome, but the movie zooms along with whiplash speed.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025
The intercutting of Tom’s black-and-white movie, which turns out to be not quite as accurate as initially implied, also grows tiresome.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
And after a tiresome 90 minutes and change, the vibes just seem off.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for tiresome
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“Tiresome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiresome. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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tiresome
adjective
tire·some
ˈtī(ə)r-səm 
: likely to tire one because of length or dullness : boring
a tiresome lecture
tiresomely
adverb
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