wearisome
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But any visitor who has circled the White House on foot knows that it’s a decidedly wearisome experience, punctuated by the detritus of security barriers and by efforts to keep the public at bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
And all for a couple of ho-hum, wearisome men.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
“Though the road be long and wearisome that leads to a good neighborhood as wide as the world, we shall travel it together,” Truman told the appreciative audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
"Alas, it was also, as this wearisome musical prequel cruelly demonstrates, a mistake."
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
They crept forward, testing each spot before they put any weight on it, a process so slow and wearisome that they thought they might die of fatigue; but they couldn’t rest, they couldn’t stop.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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