ennuied
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The king was ennuied to death, and became daily more dull and heavy.
From Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de
His mother is tired, Gertrude ennuied, of course.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
"You must be frightfully ennuied with all this," Eugene said to her.
From The Conquest of Canaan by Tarkington, Booth
Miss Larrabee used to call him the first aid to the ennuied.
From In Our Town by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo
And he says too that, "The educated world seems to have been growing more and more ennuied for ages, leaving to our time the inheritance of it all."
From Escape, and Other Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
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