weary of
phrasal verb
wearied of; wearying of; wearies of
: to become bored by (something) : to stop being interested in (something)
He quickly wearied of answering their questions.
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There’s an apocryphal story about John Prine deciding to start his Oh Boy Records after wearying of record label struggles.
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Trip McClatchy, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
The locals also seem to be wearying of how Joel meddles behind the scenes to protect Ellie, and how Ellie has become unnervingly frosty toward her guardian.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Before the incident on the bus, Parks had long grown weary of the daily humiliations of segregation and was carefully chosen to be the face of a legal challenge against the city’s transit laws.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Even his most reliable defenders and apologists were growing weary of the talk about these tariffs, which are only just now starting to be felt.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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Trip McClatchy, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
The locals also seem to be wearying of how Joel meddles behind the scenes to protect Ellie, and how Ellie has become unnervingly frosty toward her guardian.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Before the incident on the bus, Parks had long grown weary of the daily humiliations of segregation and was carefully chosen to be the face of a legal challenge against the city’s transit laws.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Even his most reliable defenders and apologists were growing weary of the talk about these tariffs, which are only just now starting to be felt.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for weary of
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“Weary of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weary%20of. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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