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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Scott Gray, a land surveyor who voted for Mr. Trump in two elections, said he had wearied of him.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
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
A lot of New Yorkers had wearied of him and his hockey-enforcer style of governance.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 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
