weary
adjective
were wearying
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past progressiveof weary.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The round-trip drives, sometimes twice a day, were wearying.
From Time Magazine Archive
All were wearying, of course, but few actually dangerous.
From Virginia of Elk Creek Valley by Mary Ellen Chase
There came something of an ascent and he breasted it, though less swiftly, for, despite the impelling force, nature had claims, and muscles were wearying of their work.
From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Stanley Waterloo
This was a foolish plan, for the soldiers were wearying for beautiful Greece, and their homes, and wives and children.
From Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang
She told them that the public were wearying of Wagner's operas, taste was changing, light opera was coming into fashion.
From Sister Teresa by George (George Augustus) Moore
