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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
  • 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
  • Once the appeals process is exhausted, the court's certification is sent to the State Department, along with court records.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But their first-choice XI last season was good enough to take on most in the Premier League when fit and not be exhausted by a Conference League-winning campaign.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 9 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
  • Last year for her debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry, Carpenter wore a dress Mackie originally designed for Ann-Margaret’s nightclub act in the 1970s.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Graham wore a black-and-white look paired with the summer’s most popular shoe style.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children, hospital officials said Thursday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Last month, Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said that kites would be treated like drones; Benjamin Netanyahu threatened that the people launching them could be killed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Using his antiseptic surgical technique, Joseph Lister successfully drained the pus.
    Abe Baker-Butler, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Crowds were drained by unprecedented heat and fans (and conferences) were set off by clock disparities.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Wearied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wearied. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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