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verb

past tense of weary

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Recent Examples of wearied
Verb
Maybe the modest size of tonight’s group wearied Nina. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearied
Adjective
  • Well, the growing season in the South is a long one, and even the best thrillers get tired, the spillers get leggy, and the fillers sometimes disappear.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Replace Cabinet Hardware New drawer pulls, cabinet knobs, and even hinges can make quite the impact on your tired old kitchen cabinets.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, The Spruce, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • What to Do In the four seasons of Speculator, there’s no reason to get bored.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Salting the Tomatoes for Sandwiches Tomato sandwiches are a staple lunch at grandma’s during summertime, and bored kiddos tend to love chipping in.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Most professionals are exhausted from repetition rather than effort.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Both player exhausted their eligibility as seniors last season and went undrafted, but with the new ruling, could find their way back to Orlando.
    Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Democrats are pressing for a House ethics probe and weighing new investments behind union ironworker Brian Poindexter, betting scandal-weary voters in Trump-friendly northeast Ohio may be ready for change.
    Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The latest data suggests that the path to relief for inflation-weary Americans remains uncertain.
    Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • In a clip posted to her Instagram Stories, the Duchess of Sussex wore her pajamas while cooking breakfast as music played in the background.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Enter for a chance to win one of 10 MERIT Signature Lip Blush lipsticks in Archival—the same shade the ballet icon wore at the Met Gala.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That same day, the Houthis launched a flurry of attacks that reportedly killed and wounded dozens near the Yemen-Saudi border – sparking condemnation from Jordanian, Bahraini and Kuwaiti authorities.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Investigations are ongoing into how cyanide found its way to an ecosystem where wild and domestic animals coexist and farms grow tomatoes and onions, but growers are disputing claims that cyanide from their tomatoes killed the elephants.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Like so many baseball executives this time of the year, Harris looked drained.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The missteps left stores understaffed and drained the company of the financial firepower needed to invest in upgrading them.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

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“Wearied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wearied. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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