tire of

phrasal verb

tired of; tiring of; tires of

: to become bored by (something) : to stop being interested in (something)

He soon tired of doing the same work every day.

She never tires of listening to music.

Examples of tire of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The spikes broke in heavy traffic and left pieces that damaged the tires of vehicles headed in the right direction, according to the Federal Highway Administration. —Max Filby, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024

The right, back tire of the bus hit the boy and he was pronounced dead on the scene. —Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024

An update was due, however: Some audiences were beginning to tire of Kidman’s familiar speech, which played after a barrage of previews and AMC’s animated plea to silence cell phones, further delaying a movie’s start time. —Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024

Monk is a disgruntled writer who tires of seeing novels full of Black stereotypes succeed and so composes one — this time, a satire — under the pen name Stagg R. Lee. —Jenelle Riley, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024

The band has made a habit of scoring big sales wins with their seemingly endless stream of live releases, which fans never seem to tire of buying. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024

Employees generally know when an employee isn’t cutting it and often tire of waiting for leaders to act. —Roberta Matuson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023

Earnings reports suggest that consumers started to tire of some companies’ double-digit price increases this summer, prompting those companies to indicate that future prices increases will be closer to the historic average of 2%. —Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023

But even after a lifetime in daytime, Hayes never seemed to tire of the grind. —Michael Maloney, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024