fed up
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“I was fed up with the kitchen thinking they were better than front-of-house,” she told me, on speakerphone, from the home they now share.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Joshua Halliburton, a 33-year-old who works in information security, started getting fed up with the prices at the Whole Foods near his apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the past few years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
To improve, she said, more investment in permanent housing is needed so people have a place to go and don’t get stuck in interim beds where they eventually get fed up or kicked out.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
On the latest round of strikes, he said: "People and patients are understandably fed up."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
He was too tired, too fed up, too everything.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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