dog-tired
utterly exhausted; worn out.
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How to use dog-tired in a sentence
Rather, Obama sounded like a dog-tired idealist forced to grapple painfully with hard reality.
Exclusive: President Obama Asks Campaign Donors to Send Him More Money | Lloyd Grove | June 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was dog-tired, and when he saw the seated man through the lighted window a great longing for companionship came upon him.
The Man from Time | Frank Belknap LongHe was dog-tired but before he slept he walked around the little pool.
Hunters Out of Space | Joseph Everidge KelleamAt last the dog tired of the fun and trotted off to join Jack, who was disappearing over the hill.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisWell, a few nights later we were sitting in our tent foot-sore and dog-tired after an all-day route march when in walks Rust.
Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien
And when he had lit their candles for his sisters, he excused himself at once on the ground of being dog-tired after a long day.
Elizabeth's Campaign | Mrs. Humphrey Ward
British Dictionary definitions for dog-tired
(usually postpositive) informal exhausted
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