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jaded

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verb

past tense of jade

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jaded
Adjective
In the comic, familiar vein of this poem, this Circe is jaded. Bailey Sincox, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026 Which suits the performatively jaded teens, who chain-smoke at restaurants with white tablecloths and traverse the city without curfew or constraint. Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
Gen Zers jaded by sky-high tuition costs and workers wanting to ditch their unfulfilling desk jobs are turning to blue-collar jobs as their next professional adventure. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026 He's been jaded by, uh, Southern California surf culture. Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jaded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaded
Adjective
  • Plus, while the pill improved certain sleep metrics, people who took it didn’t report being any less tired during the day.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Sep. 2026
  • All the locals are tired after another demanding [tourism] season, but at the same time, there is a feeling of optimism.
    Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Eva Victor Eva Victor’s stupidly relatable, slice-of-life comedic sketches kept thousands of bored quarantiners and dry-humored netizens entertained during the pandemic.
    Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Millions of Americans rediscovered the sport during the time of social distancing, when vast, bored segments of the population yearned for outdoor activities.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Maybe the modest size of tonight’s group wearied Nina.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Though their studio albums of the period all reached the top 20, the Dead were wearied by operating their own label, and Grateful Dead Records folded in late 1976.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • His exhausted kin of Gainesville, having spent the morning very much alive and the enormity of a half-decade pummeled, agreed.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Health workers at existing treatment centers are also exhausted, said Jeannot Krikeija, who works at an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Ituri’s capital.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • But the image that emerges here is of an already war-weary, fragile and poor country being pushed ever closer to a breaking point.
    Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In war-weary Lebanon, Israeli strikes have intensified in response to Hezbollah drone attacks.
    Suzan Haidamous, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Jaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaded. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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