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