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All those stories about his childhood can become tiresome after a while.
what a tiresome church service that turned out to be
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With all that is stacked on Trump’s to-do list, picking fights with friends seems like an indulgent distraction that will soon grow tiresome.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
While the premise is interesting enough, the show is stuffed with tiresome jokes that fail to pack a punch.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
However, come the third or fourth snowstorm of the season, shoveling by hand gets tiresome.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
The tiresome snobbery of the vinyl mafia might have convinced
you that the compact disc, first introduced in Japan in October 1982 and
the rest of the world in March 1983, was dead and buried.
—Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
While the premise is interesting enough, the show is stuffed with tiresome jokes that fail to pack a punch.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
However, come the third or fourth snowstorm of the season, shoveling by hand gets tiresome.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
The tiresome snobbery of the vinyl mafia might have convinced
you that the compact disc, first introduced in Japan in October 1982 and
the rest of the world in March 1983, was dead and buried.
—Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Tiresome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiresome. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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tiresome
adjective
tire·some
ˈtī(ə)r-səm 
: likely to tire one because of length or dullness : boring
a tiresome lecture
tiresomely
adverb
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