wearying

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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 made parenting less wearying when I could flick through my kids’ toy catalogs, searching for the toys I wanted.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2024

In the fall of 1982, after two wearying years of quarantines that ultimately extended through six counties and some 3,000 square miles, California declared victory.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

What he got had a wearying familiarity to it.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024

All my motions focalized on pretending to be that guileless schoolgirl who had nothing more wearying to think about than mid-term exams.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou