: causing weariness or lack of strength or energy
a tiring schedule
a very tiring workout
Karlowicz, a fifth-grade teacher, said she ran in last year's Ragnar Relay Cape Cod, which gave her some familiarity with racing on back-to-back days. "It's so tiring," she said. "There's a huge mental challenge to do it. It's very invigorating to overcome that."—
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tiringly
adverb
tiringly hot weather
a tiringly repetitive process
Examples of tiring in a Sentence
the seminar was tiring and not particularly helpful or informative
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Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Swift herself talked about how tiring the tour was and what her plans for the future were last October on BBC Radio 1 with Greg James.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Apr. 2026
Collective processes involve tiring negotiations, frequent conflicts, and disappointing compromises, both internally among the team and with external interlocutors and partners.
—Adam Szymczyk, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
This can occasionally become tiring, and the back half of the record is littered with tracks that work better as gay WrestleMania intros than as actual songs.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Tiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiring. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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