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Meanings of rather tiresome in English

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Usage of rather tiresome in English
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He is often witty, but lately his humour has grown rather tiresome.
The Guardian
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There was something very gentle, but rather tiresome, about poor cousin Menie.
The Surgeon's Daughter
3
Rob yawned, for he thought the Demon's speeches were growing rather tiresome.
The Master Key / An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Myste...
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We found the work of pushing through the ice rather tiresome.
Travels in Alaska
5
Leonore's only fear was that Mea might find her rather tiresome.
Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys
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He's rather tiresome with his prosy talk, but he's a dear old soul.
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
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It's amusing now and then, but gets rather tiresome when you hear it often.
New Grub Street
8
Standing on a pedestal is rather tiresome, if it is gratifying, isn't it, sweetheart?
The Butterfly House
9
Oh, she dropped it quick enough-shethought it rather tiresome.
His Second Wife
10
Gowing rather tiresome with his complaints of the paint.
The Diary of a Nobody
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I have finished Smith's "Virginia," which I found rather tiresome toward the end.
Records of a Girlhood
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That climb was rather tiresome, owing to the sun and the dust and the restricted view.
The Light of the Western Stars
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She too bore the same expression of intent regarding thought on her usually rather tiresome face.
The Necromancers
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His style is wholly unlike that of the stately, but rather tiresome unchangeable canter of Macaulay's.
Memories of Hawthorne
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Katherine, of course, despised no one and liked every one, but that was rather tiresome too.
The Captives
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Georges, the beautiful but rather tiresome actress.
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 2
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