ennuied
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It was with a generally ennuied air that he sauntered at midnight into a night lunch room much frequented by the Courier staff and encountered Dick there, whom he greeted with enthusiasm.
From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.
Becoming ennuied with these proceedings, after much entreaty and a glass of wine, they consented to give me an idea of surf-swimming.
From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
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
But he who labors for the good of others is never ennuied.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
A plea is herein made that its attractions be better known by those who have become ennuied by the "resorts."
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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