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adjective

Definition of wearingnext
1
as in crushing

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2
as in draining

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verb

present participle of wear
1
as in killing
to use up all the physical energy of the job of running their own business wears them sometimes

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2
as in eroding
to damage or diminish by continued friction all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly

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3
as in standing
British to put up with (something painful or difficult) her marriage is so bad—I don't know how she wears it

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Recent Examples of wearing
Verb
Just running around wearing cloaks, slinking into and out of castles, slicing the throats of all who cross her. — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 27 July 2026 Ser Criston moves from flail to sword to dagger, wearing nothing but his padded gambeson. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The gunman seen in the video — wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts, a backwards black baseball cap, white socks and black slides — fired off multiple rounds toward the group before fleeing the scene. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 Both riders, who were not wearing helmets, were thrown off their motorcycles, police shared. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 The case began on June 17, when City of Miami Police officers watched a video of Lesteiro-Diaz rapping in Spanish while holding a laptop with money on it and wearing a call-center headset. — Ana Maria Soler, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026 The bandana’s second summer back has been less about one recognizable formula than the number of ways people are wearing it. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 26 July 2026 While Grady was being interviewed, Caminero came over and spent some time with Maddox, who was wearing a Caminero jersey. — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026 Javier Bardem, wearing a Spain replica shirt with Borja Iglesias’ name and No 26 on the back, was shown celebrating in the stands. — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearing
  1. crushing
  2. draining
  3. killing
  4. eroding
  5. standing
  6. overwhelming
  7. exhausting
  8. tiring
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  • And that makes his collapse all the more crushing.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Even the laughs and smiles that Joe and Kate Keller issue are fleeting, a respite from the journey toward a more crushing reality.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of crushing
Adjective
  • Speaking of the part of van life spent behind the wheel, Volkswagen has slightly reworked the Grand California's driver-assistance suite to make driving a little less draining.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 July 2026
  • Others are voluntarily asking to see more patients because the most draining and time-consuming parts of their job are now handled by AI.
    — FJ Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Definition of draining
Verb
  • Willett faced some blowback after touting an endorsement from Eric DeValkenaere, the first Kansas City police officer ever convicted for killing a Black man.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • An armed Hudson barricaded himself and his mother inside her apartment after deputies responded to the second call for help before shooting Hayes four times, killing her.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of killing
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  • Vance has seen his support eroding, both in and outside of Jewish circles.
    — Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
  • The analysis likely assumed customer traffic would transfer from drive-in to drive-thru without eroding customers’ affinity for the drive-in experience.
    — Clifford Hudson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of eroding
Verb
  • About three seconds later, while the man is on the ground, a male officer standing over him appears to fire three rounds, and the man stops moving.
    — Marin Scott, NBC news, 23 July 2026
  • While standing at the case, visitors can hear the audio of the speech where Douglass criticizes Americans celebrating freedom while millions remain enslaved.
    — Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of standing
Adjective
  • With this World Cup and its even bigger numbers, overwhelming media coverage and an American team that actually came with expectations, doors were knocked down.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • Given the propensity of today to look a lot like yesterday, the odds that tomorrow will look like today are overwhelming.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of overwhelming
Adjective
  • Their need to be seen and feel special can be charming at times, but exhausting when every conversation somehow circles back to them.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • This dominance is physically and mentally exhausting for opponents, who are left chasing shadows as Spain’s technicians pass around them with precision.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of exhausting
Verb
  • In the Los Angeles Times, Seema Mehta and Nicole Nixon report that Steyer’s ability to appear everywhere ended up tiring out voters.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, Shenzhen startup EngineAI can be forgiven for tiring out its PM01 humanoid.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 June 2026
Definition of tiring

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