wearily

Example Sentences

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“I wish I had known all this earlier,” Maggie said wearily.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

To a sweaty and wearily hospitable young farmer, Steinmetz introduced himself and his project.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024

Indoors, people everywhere are assessing interior wind and water damage and wearily calculating how much time and money it will take to get their lives back to where they were before the storm.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

Some critics have praised Angelina Jolie's performance as renowned opera singer Maria Callas, saying she "soars into the Oscars race", but others were less keen, calling the film "wearily flat".

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

She lay in the mouth of the cave and wearily chewed and twisted the bark strips into twine.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer