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Synonyms for wearying
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : weer-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪər i |
Définition of wearying
Origin :- Old English werig "tired," related to worian "to wander, totter," from West Germanic *worigaz (cf. Old Saxon worig "weary," Old High German wuorag "intoxicated"), of unknown origin.
- adj tiring
- "I think you are wearying the lady," he said, and stirred him with his foot.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- Dorn, wearying of his talk, waited for some one of the company to relieve him of the burden.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- Night and day I was wearying for them, for years after I came to live at Morningside.
- Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
- Her conversation, instead of wearying him, as it once had, interested him.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- After wearying the readers on this and numerous other 'isms,' it was discontinued.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- I've been thinking long for you this many a time, my brother, and wearying for you.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- Curious how wearying it is to hold your limbs in a fresh position.
- Extract from : « The Crystal Hunters » by George Manville Fenn
- You will need a good night's rest after your long and wearying ride.
- Extract from : « The Rider of Waroona » by Firth Scott
- To keep up a fiction is the most wearying thing in the world.
- Extract from : « Lafayette » by Martha Foote Crow
- The day's ride is wearying in the extreme in spite of its fascinations.
- Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
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