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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
The younger, progressive Democratic left is done with Israel, and fed up with Biden for enabling Netanyahu.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Kerr, fed up with his team’s start and a missed call, picked up a technical foul for berating an official on the court.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
Or maybe Cardinale’s peers would hardly notice, with RedBird just the latest in a litany of foreign investors to get fed up with Italian soccer and cash out.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
The couple said they were fed up with paying for car repairs caused by holes and are disappointed in the city’s reaction.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
The single's angsty lyrics find Volkman, 44, fed up with a complicated romance that's nearing its end — and its video arrives just days after her divorce from ex-husband, Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, was finalized.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
She was fed up with doctors and the work that had done this to her.
—Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
That may be different this time, and Republican lawmakers fed up with the process would cross the aisle and vote for the Democratic leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
—Lisa Mascaro, arkansasonline.com, 23 Mar. 2024
Years later though, she was fed up with my superstar shenanigans.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1900, in the meaning defined above
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“Fed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fed%20up. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
fed up
adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted
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