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

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