dog-tired
Example Sentences
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One particularly humid August night, fresh off a 14-hour flight, I was crawling homeward on the freeway, dog-tired to the point of delirium, and my phone rang.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023
Candidates at this point, roughly nine months in, are supposed to be dog-tired, near the end of their personal resources, exhausted and, if they’re not winning, depressed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2016
I'd come across from covering the Queen's visit to Ireland and by now I was dog-tired and rather stumbling.
From BBC • May 21, 2011
Does anyone really think a dog-tired CEO seeing his kids for a day affects capping efforts in the Gulf?
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2010
I’m dog-tired, and my body feels twice as heavy as we do our scythe work.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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