Examples of wearisome in a Sentence
We had to listen to the usual wearisome complaints.
Her stories can get a little wearisome.
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Salieri, despite Bettany’s compelling performance, is a wearisome figure consumed by jealousy while clearly toiling under a storm of religious psychosis.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2026
The journey is less wearisome for self-mortifiers who never considered democracy (a word seldom spoken on the podcast) all that important in the first place.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2026
For all its virtues, Galvagnon tells me the journey to build Captain Arctic was wearisome.
—Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
But some in the party have zeroed in on less talked-about elections, in presidential battlegrounds and ruby-red states around the country, that could prove less costly and have a far-reaching impact at a time when the Democratic brand has grown wearisome with some voters.
—Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2026
The journey is less wearisome for self-mortifiers who never considered democracy (a word seldom spoken on the podcast) all that important in the first place.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2026
For all its virtues, Galvagnon tells me the journey to build Captain Arctic was wearisome.
—Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
But some in the party have zeroed in on less talked-about elections, in presidential battlegrounds and ruby-red states around the country, that could prove less costly and have a far-reaching impact at a time when the Democratic brand has grown wearisome with some voters.
—Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Wearisome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wearisome. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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wearisome
adjective
wea·ri·some
ˈwir-ē-səm 
: causing weariness : tiresome
a wearisome lecture
wearisomely
adverb
wearisomeness
noun
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