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verb

past tense of weary

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wearied
Adjective
Season 3 sees Gordon and Ashley once again reexamining their relationship, now with the wearied caution of a couple who’ve hurt each other — and the reckless affection that can’t be repressed without losing a crucial part of your soul. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
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
  • The boots apply rhythmic pressure to the legs to improve circulation and move excess fluid out, which can ease heavy, tired legs after a long day of walking, a round of golf or a doubles match.
    Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Two or three boot sessions per week, especially after tough training, give tired legs extra recovery.
    Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Palestinian children could be ordinary children—bored, mischievous, happy, alive.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • This change responds to the numerous college athlete-plaintiffs who have exhausted their NCAA eligibility, but who seek to continue playing or return to competition.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The film’s director, Florian Zeller, has perhaps exhausted the goodwill afforded to him after the Oscar-winning run for 2020’s The Father.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 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
Verb
  • That September, Swift wore an oversized vintage Chiefs T-shirt as a minidress with thigh-high Giuseppe Zanotti boots and a Louis Vuitton bag.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • And who was the woman behind the plunging 1999 Versace number Lopez wore to the Grammys, celebrated as the dress that launched Google Image Search?
    Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In Georgia, the execution of a man who killed two real estate agents had also been scheduled for Wednesday but was halted by a judge's late-night decision a day before he was scheduled to die.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Over and over, my father rinsed the rice, drained the water, then filled the pot again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • If numbers don’t lie…are Hollywood and the streaming platforms actually beginning to release the stale notion that middle-aged and older women are drained of their creative juices after menopause?
    Valerie Monroe, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Wearied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wearied. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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