weary
adjective
have wearied
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present perfectof weary.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He acknowledged that he’s been on the “radar” of the internal affairs bureau and seemed to have wearied of the agency’s efforts, however modest, to police its own.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2019
After 11 years, Bears fans have wearied of Cutler.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2017
Ironically, when pigs that fly finally float, most folks have wearied of worrying about IPOs as a market-topping indicator.
From Forbes ● Oct. 15, 2014
Now they are watching him like a hawk, ready to exploit any signs that the years have wearied him.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2014
If it had been so, you would not soon have wearied of telling or of being told of the life and conversation of this "fell body."
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
