wearing
Americanadjective
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gradually impairing or wasting.
Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
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wearying or exhausting.
a wearing task.
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relating to or made for wear.
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Wearing helmets and ponchos, the protesters, many of whom waved rainbow-colored Indigenous flags, marched toward the city center to the din of firecrackers.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Wearing jeans and an Arsenal football shirt, she takes us for a walk to see her many animals, including chickens, cattle and goats.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Wearing an eye mask fashioned out of a dollar bill with strategic holes cut in it, so as not to trip over Jeff Bezos, Paulson’s look dared to ask: “In this economy?”
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Wearing a surgical mask to hold off the dank air, Reyes chose a bike and, before going to work on its components, performed the last rite for its former life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Wearing your fancy Saint Augustine’s uniform and eating fancy brunch with your new fancy friends.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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