tiredly
- a word derived from tired.
Example Sentences
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Government bureaucrats and officers have taken to social media to show themselves folding in different poses and sometimes tiredly grabbing their backs after mass outdoor yoga sessions.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Associate CEO Shannon Clancy watched a steady flow of overheated men and women shuffle tiredly into the building.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2021
“I don’t believe in justice,” he adds tiredly.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 9, 2020
“My head hurts,” Najera’s friend said tiredly as the group left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2018
She sat down in the chair the doctor had left, and leaned her head back tiredly; how lovely she is, Eleanor thought, how thoughtlessly, luckily lovely.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
