Synonyms
Examples of fed up in a Sentence
We've had one delay after another, and I'm starting to feel pretty fed up.
fed up with the noise and bustle of the big city, the family decided to try country life
Recent Examples on the Web
People only see me as an action director, and I got fed up with it.
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Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
Tuberville blocked every single one of them. Democrats, fed up with Tuberville's blockade, took the early steps of moving to get around Tuberville in mid-November, passing a resolution out of the Senate Rules Committee that would allow the Senate to temporarily side-step Tuberville's hold.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2023
Average citizens, fed up with high prices—sending a letter more than 150 miles cost around 20 cents, or roughly $6 today—were turning to cheaper private carriers, almost putting the Post Office out of business.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023
But folks in this conservative waterfront community got fed up with the rhetoric that has erupted at local board of supervisors meetings, especially whenever someone disagrees with efforts to let a Confederate heritage group take over permanent stewardship of the county’s Civil War statue.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
The questionnaires also showed the volunteers felt significantly more tired, drowsy, and fed up and less lively, happy, and active from videoconferencing than face-to-face sessions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
Why else would a Georgia restaurant, fed up with antics, institute a new policy that tacks a $50 bad-kids charge onto parents’ bill?
—Megan Angelo, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
Team ownership, fed up with Meyer’s bad behavior more than the team’s 2-11 record, ate many millions of dollars to rid itself of the NFL rookie who’d won national championships with Florida and Ohio State.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
Protesters are tearing them down across the country because they are fed up.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
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Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
Tuberville blocked every single one of them. Democrats, fed up with Tuberville's blockade, took the early steps of moving to get around Tuberville in mid-November, passing a resolution out of the Senate Rules Committee that would allow the Senate to temporarily side-step Tuberville's hold.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2023
Average citizens, fed up with high prices—sending a letter more than 150 miles cost around 20 cents, or roughly $6 today—were turning to cheaper private carriers, almost putting the Post Office out of business.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023
But folks in this conservative waterfront community got fed up with the rhetoric that has erupted at local board of supervisors meetings, especially whenever someone disagrees with efforts to let a Confederate heritage group take over permanent stewardship of the county’s Civil War statue.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
The questionnaires also showed the volunteers felt significantly more tired, drowsy, and fed up and less lively, happy, and active from videoconferencing than face-to-face sessions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
Why else would a Georgia restaurant, fed up with antics, institute a new policy that tacks a $50 bad-kids charge onto parents’ bill?
—Megan Angelo, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
Team ownership, fed up with Meyer’s bad behavior more than the team’s 2-11 record, ate many millions of dollars to rid itself of the NFL rookie who’d won national championships with Florida and Ohio State.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
Protesters are tearing them down across the country because they are fed up.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1900, in the meaning defined above
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fed up
adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted
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