ennuied
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Then Gay turned up with a whole flock of new decorators for the d–––for the villa thing, and I was left without aid from the ennuied for another ten days.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro
The erstwhile Major had been found dead on a dark street and brought by curious and ennuied citizens to the drug store.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.
It showed her in a flash of reasoning of which he could not know, that it was possible to be ennuied with glorious harmonies.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin
It may be remembered that M. France also wrote that pastel of irony The Procurator of Judea, in which Pontius Pilate is shown in his old age, rich, ennuied, sick.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
His tone shows he's ennuied; he has so many of these yere blazers to run; that's why he's careless, mebby.
From Wolfville by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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