wearisome

Example Sentences

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It is harrowing but also wearisome stuff, a bit Liza with a zzzzz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"Alas, it was also, as this wearisome musical prequel cruelly demonstrates, a mistake."

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

That gift grows more wearisome in the book’s final sections, as Markley balances ever-more-intense portraits of devastation with ever more pages of Ashir’s policy wonkery and scenes of boardroom debates.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

Jessop is similarly withering about several guests who do not appear on the Titanic's passenger list; according to Maxtone-Graham, they may represent "composites of passenger types" who made wearisome demands on the crew.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022

Despite Rayner’s close attention, Olmsted’s condition did not improve; his stay at Hampstead Heath became wearisome.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson