as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
was sick and tired of wasting her time at long, pointless meetings
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Recent Examples of sick and tired
Robinson, for one, was sick and tired of losing.
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Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022
Many young people in Cuba are sick and tired of the dictatorship — even more sick and tired, possibly, than the old people are.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 June 2022
People are a little bit sick and tired of being sick and tired, to quote the great civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer.
—CBS News, 7 June 2020
Fans and other artists soon began rallying around her, illustrating how sick and tired many people of dealing with homophobic tirades and close-minded crybabies — a hopeful sign that the genre is evolving.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
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Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022
Many young people in Cuba are sick and tired of the dictatorship — even more sick and tired, possibly, than the old people are.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 June 2022
People are a little bit sick and tired of being sick and tired, to quote the great civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer.
—CBS News, 7 June 2020
Fans and other artists soon began rallying around her, illustrating how sick and tired many people of dealing with homophobic tirades and close-minded crybabies — a hopeful sign that the genre is evolving.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick and tired
Adjective
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People are tired of prescribed approaches to their work.Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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In Germany in the early 1930s, many people were tired of violence, uncertainty, and a failing economy and hoped that a strong leader would heed their concerns and come up with new and effective solutions to bring better and calmer days.Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps a bored retiree at home one New Year’s Eve will spot thoughtless kids shooting off fireworks one year.Penny Abeywardena, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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The other strand of the novel follows Ethan’s sister, Kate, a print reporter, who reconnects with an old love: Nicole, a stay-at-home mom who’s grown bored with her wealthy, conservative husband.Linda Holmes, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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They’re fed up with high prices and unsafe streets.Bill Essayli, Orange County Register, 11 Jan. 2025
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His supporters included people fed up with Bidenomics and administrative snafus, everyday bureaucratic mazes that waste time, money and patience.Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
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On December 18, the CDC announced that the first severe H5N1 case in a human had been detected, which is thought to have been caught after exposure to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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And cats everywhere are getting sick from the virus.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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