Example Sentences

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The round-trip drives, sometimes twice a day, were wearying.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Moore, George (George Augustus)

Perhaps our young Jewish friend thought we were wearying of her.

From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by White, William Allen

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 Lang, Andrew

He liked to brood, and his poor little wife's energy and cheerfulness were wearying to him.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry