How to Use sick and tired in a Sentence

sick and tired

adjective
  • The black and poor there were sick and tired of being over-policed.
    Sara Sidner, CNN, 14 June 2020
  • The American voters are sick and tired of the Jordan’s and Pelosi’s of the world...
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 27 July 2018
  • Matt Judon sounded sick and tired of talking about Brady.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • By the time May 2014 rolled around, Bradon's mom's car was on its last legs, and Bradon was sick and tired of worrying.
    Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 20 Apr. 2018
  • There are some elements of the Michigan fan base that are sick and tired of hearing about Harbaugh for the 352 non-game days of the year.
    Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Other ideas came about because one person saw a need, was sick and tired, and wanted to make a change.
    jsonline.com, 25 June 2020
  • The American people are sick and tired of barrel burns.
    Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The in-office people, sick and tired of Zoom calls, won’t be too enthused to lose the momentum and try to find the others who should be on the call.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • The President seemed genuinely sick and tired of the endless pleas for just a little more time.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Charile Mae Holcomb is sick and tired of seeing sewage in her backyard.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Growing sick and tired — as my mom and grandmom would say — of the bulls--- and giving false equivalence to the bigotry, lies and hatred.
    Washington Post, 15 June 2021
  • Utica is sick and tired of acquiescing to the needs of the other queens at the expense of her performance.
    Paul McCallion, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
  • People are so sick and tired of how much cable companies have been charging for pay TV all these years.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The pandemic played an outsized role, as did school closings, and people just being sick and tired of the virus and blaming Joe Biden for it.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2021
  • At the same time, animals are also rising up and are getting sick and tired of humans going against them.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 19 June 2019
  • This is the same political BS people are sick and tired of and to say it’s a dark day for WI is simply an understatement.
    Scott Bauer, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2019
  • After four years of Donald Trump as president, many Americans were sick and tired.
    Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2021
  • If taken at face value, some members are sick and tired of working and don’t have any interest in finding a new job anytime soon.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
  • And this time around, two years deep into an ongoing pandemic, Dr. Fauci is sick and tired of relaying the same message.
    Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Protests from the business lobby will likely be the least of it, and Trump cultists may be joined by some Democrats who are understandably sick and tired of a pandemic that’s entered its second year.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Let your carrier handle it Wireless carriers are sick and tired of robocalls, too.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson is sick and tired of seeing the blatant cheating.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 June 2021
  • People are sick and tired of working in dead-end jobs, suffering with too-demanding bosses, low wages and shabby treatment.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Many of us have grown tired of being sick and tired of how we are presented in Hollywood movies because the depictions often give the impression that Africans are backward.
    Chika Oduah, The Root, 20 Feb. 2018
  • For counterinsurgents as for insurgents, the cooperation of the people was everything, and there, the people were sick and tired of both.
    Wesley Morgan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The reason for the rosy outlook: US consumers are growing sick and tired (and maybe even growing somewhat comfortable) with the ongoing pandemic.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Front-line restaurant, bar, hotel and service industry workers are sick and tired of being overworked and underpaid.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Aoife, a mom from Australia, was sick and tired of waiting until the very last minute every year to purchase Christmas decorations and presents for her family, according to the Daily Mirror.
    Katina Beniaris, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2017
  • This column is a public-service announcement to all of you college football fans who are sick and tired of seeing the Southeastern Conference dominate your sport.
    Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Jan. 2022
  • People are so sick and tired of how much cable companies have been charging for pay TV all these years, especially when a huge chunk of that monthly expense shouldn’t be your responsibility in the first place.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 15 June 2021

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