weary
adjective
had wearied
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past perfectof weary.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Eight years later, Mr. McCain tried again, emerging as the early favorite on the Republican side for a country that had wearied of Mr. Bush.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2018
Mr. Anderson began filming a decade after the war, at a time when the British moviegoing public had wearied of screen propaganda about stiff-upper-lip bravery in combat.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2018
But a legend persisted that he had wearied of the finger getting caught in his players’ face masks as he admonished them and had told doctors, “Just cut it off.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2012
By the end of the ’50s, though, Mr. Vidal, at last financially secure, had wearied of Hollywood and turned to politics.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2012
For when they had wearied of hurling insults at my father's back, the two gentlemen began to discuss their host - that is to say, my father's employer, Mr John Silvers.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
