wearying

Example Sentences

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For 35 years, Mr. Self has continued in a similar vein, dazzling and sometimes wearying his readers with his madcap plots and lexical pyrotechnics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

It's a wearying cycle of failure from a team that's still stymied by its own weak psychology.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” brilliantly depicts the wearying search for sanctuary that so many of us go through in our adult lives.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

But everyone is going through something difficult in “Cordially,” and the lack of, well, cordiality can be wearying.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Dewey, for example, had spent two wearying and wasted days trying to trace that phantom pair, the Mexicans sworn by Paul Helm to have visited Mr. Clutter on the eve of the murders.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote