weary of
phrasal verb
wearied of; wearying of; wearies of
: to become bored by (something) : to stop being interested in (something)
He quickly wearied of answering their questions.
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McMahon felt in recent weeks that Paramount was increasingly encroaching on the news division, according to a person familiar with the matter, and grew weary of having to fend off the corporation’s executives.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 May 2025
But the country remains weary of the heated, years-long arguments that engulfed Westminster after the 2016 Brexit vote, and Downing Street is treading carefully to avoid re-opening those wounds.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Sure, some corporate honchos were weary of activist demands and welcomed the rightward shift.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
There’s an apocryphal story about John Prine deciding to start his Oh Boy Records after wearying of record label struggles.
—Trip McClatchy, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 May 2025
But the country remains weary of the heated, years-long arguments that engulfed Westminster after the 2016 Brexit vote, and Downing Street is treading carefully to avoid re-opening those wounds.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Sure, some corporate honchos were weary of activist demands and welcomed the rightward shift.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
There’s an apocryphal story about John Prine deciding to start his Oh Boy Records after wearying of record label struggles.
—Trip McClatchy, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for weary of
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“Weary of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weary%20of. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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