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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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.
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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
The Indigenous Arawak people, who had initially welcomed the Europeans, had grown weary of their demands.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
There comes a point where people grow weary of sitting beneath someone else’s table begging for the bare minimum.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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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
The Indigenous Arawak people, who had initially welcomed the Europeans, had grown weary of their demands.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
There comes a point where people grow weary of sitting beneath someone else’s table begging for the bare minimum.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 26 Feb. 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 29 Apr. 2025.
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