weary
adjective
are wearying
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present progressiveof weary.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Being the boss used to be fun for Goehring, but his labor problems are wearying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
The record is wearying, as so many guitar-drum duo bands are wearying.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2016
Paule Constable lit the scene beautifully, though the brown tonalities are wearying after an hour or so.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 16, 2011
Not unnaturally, home-grown German agencies are wearying of the transatlantic competition.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
