How to Use tired in a Sentence

tired

adjective
  • The children were tired after the hike.
  • She's too tired to go out tonight.
  • We had to listen to the same old tired excuses again.
  • I was really tired after the long trip.
  • And of course, a world that has kind of grown tired of all of this.
    ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The last of the tired frigates will likely serve until 2040.
    Eric Tegler, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Austin's gonna be very tired at the end of the week, but his work on our field is just so nice.
    Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2023
  • Around noon, dozens of men with matted beards and tired eyes lined up at the front.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Kansas seemed to hit a wall with fatigue and tired legs.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
  • One thing is for sure—we'll never get tired of white kitchens.
    Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 10 May 2023
  • Other actors were not so used to it, and would get tired.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Yoshida rejoined the Sox a day later, tired but ready to get back to work.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Next to her sits a fifth-grade girl who is tired of looking at the library’s brown and bare shelves.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Free up a little room on the rack, and get ready to banish the tired-of-your-wardrobe feeling once and for all.
    Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Well, that might be a bit of a stretch, but there is a bright spot for those of us who are tired of this gloomy winter.
    oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Soon, Paras, Josiah, and Dalton got tired of the endless tit for tat.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • That opened the door for longshot Rich Strike, who had lingered near the back of the pack early, to pass tired horses and get up for the win.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • Common Kings, a band with Hawaiian roots, wooed the tired crowd, coaxing them out of their lawn chairs.
    Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The level of responsiveness was a huge plus for us as our legs grew tired.
    Ravi Davda, Health, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Those with the disorder may feel tired and suffer headaches or mood swings during the day.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Read on to find the best shoe cleaners that will transform your used, tired sneakers into fresh-out-the-box kicks.
    Alyssa Rotunno, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Easter eggs abound for the Road House-initiated and that lends the early part of the film a kind of tired stiffness.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Those little legs would get tired, and sometimes their owners would want to quit.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Traffic jams of ornery yaks and deliriously tired hikers force us to adopt a stop-start pace.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • What’s your advice to job seekers who are tired of feeling let down?
    Te-Ping Chen, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023
  • On tour, if my energy is up, most people won’t know (if my voice is tired).
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • With tired bodies strewn across the field, the Rising pushed forward for one final attack.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There are also plenty of buttons, dials, and knobs for those who’ve grown tired of the touchscreen life.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The vast, verdant lawn is now an expanse of dirt, Ba too tired and distracted to maintain it.
    Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
  • If a patient is tired or exhausted, this might be a trigger.
    By Allison Horton, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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