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wearisome

[weer-ee-suhm] / ˈwɪər i səm /




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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

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

And this anxiety to keep his father from angering her was wearisome to him and it was another thing to make of his love a burden to him.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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