fed up
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Pratt knows at least some portion of L.A. voters are fed up and are looking for a superhero to clean up the mess.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Student Shahin Nampoor was fed up with mounting costs and varying prices, not to mention the current impasse in bringing the war to a definitive end.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
The 35-year-old builder had been fed up with the couple, of Langdon Hills in Basildon, Essex, asking when he was coming back to finish the job.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Roberto Reyes became fed up with rising rents and other spiraling costs in Orlando, and jumped at a job offer as an insurance agent in Knoxville, Tenn., last July.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The ox yoked to it looked fed up and tired, as if it were sick of life itself.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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