tiring

Example Sentences

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Last fall I walked from the northern tip of Manhattan to Battery Park, a jaunt that was tiring but doable in about six hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

On a separate farewell podcast for paid subscribers, Maron and his longtime producer Brendan McDonald explained that the relentless workload was tiring and articulated a niggling feeling that the show belonged to a different era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

He cracks jokes during his hospital stays, but in between you get a front-row look at how tiring, tearful and emotionally devastating his illness can be.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The Bristol graduate ended up landing a job in the events industry, which she said was "great" but "tiring with long hours".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Occasionally, he would exclaim over a view or regard with admiration some passing marvel of nature, but mostly to him hiking was a tiring, dirty, pointless slog between distantly spaced comfort zones.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson