tiresome
adjective
tiresomely
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a word derived from
tiresome.
Example Sentences
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It doesn’t help that Ms. Doucet’s prose, replete with stock expressions, is tiresomely banal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
And while there are many dazzling moments to Iñárritu’s extravagant, fictionalized autobiography, it’s also tiresomely focused on no one but Silverio.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
I tiresomely scrolled through yet another potential groom’s profile, aware that his bio is not truly reflective of his own thoughts and interests.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2022
It’s been such a homebound year, and I’ve become tiresomely responsible.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
I only knew that one day, which was tiresomely like all the others before it, I sat in the Railway office, ostensibly waiting to be interviewed.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
