dead tired
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"I'm off to bed. Had another cosmetic surgery, trying to look differently, and I am dead tired and my head hurts," he wrote to one of the Bulgarians, Roussev, on Telegram in February 2022.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
“He was dead tired and he was still talking. ... He definitely brings fear out of people because like they see he’s confident. And he backs up everything he says.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
“At the last six minutes of the game, you’re just dead tired and you’re like, wow, he’s continuing to go to the glass.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
“I mean, I was a little oblivious to what was going on. I was dead tired out there, just grinding and trying to do my best to stop them,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
Of course I was dead tired when I went to bed that night, and Mother let me sleep late in the morning.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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