overweary
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of overweary
Example Sentences
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And such an oppressed, burdened and overweary Atlas was the 1.8 million group sharing the $10.2 billion load .
From Time Magazine Archive
"Sahib," I said, considering his words as a cook tastes curry, "our men be overweary to have fight in them."
From Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders by Mundy, Talbot
That I am," laughed Brian, "and soon, for I am overweary with riding.
From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.
I am overweary for the road; let Simwa find it.
From The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts by Austin, Mary Hunter
How often, when she sat opposite me in the sewing-room, her hands dropped in her lap, and she went to sleep, like an overweary child.
From A Sister's Love A Novel by Heimburg, W.
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