: causing weariness or lack of strength or energy
a tiring schedule
a very tiring workout
Karlowicz, a fifth-grade teacher, said she ran in last year's Ragnar Relay Cape Cod, which gave her some familiarity with racing on back-to-back days. "It's so tiring," she said. "There's a huge mental challenge to do it. It's very invigorating to overcome that."—
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tiringly
adverb
tiringly hot weather
a tiringly repetitive process
Examples of tiring in a Sentence
the seminar was tiring and not particularly helpful or informative
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This Atlético Madrid side is going from strength to strength and is showing little sign of tiring even as the pressure heats up.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
The first few years of being a parent can be among the most tiring as moms and dads try and often fail to get infants into a regular routine of unbroken sleep at night.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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The Heat doesn’t have much time to recover from this painful and tiring double-overtime loss.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
The first few years of being a parent can be among the most tiring as moms and dads try and often fail to get infants into a regular routine of unbroken sleep at night.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
No matter the outcome of the AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and Bills, the winners are anyone who was tiring of the Taylor Swift-Hailee Steinfeld (faux) drama.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
The Heat doesn’t have much time to recover from this painful and tiring double-overtime loss.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Tiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiring. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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