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Meanings of wear upon in English

Portuguese
cansar-se
Catalan
fatigar-se
Spanish
agotar

Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.

cansar-se
Usage of wear upon in English
1
He was without the helmet and body covering they wear upon the exterior.
The First Men in the Moon
2
The perversity of things, animate and inanimate, was beginning to wear upon him.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
3
We often hear how our modern appliances wear upon our nerves.
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
4
But what means this scarf which you wear upon your shoulder?
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
5
The bodily exertion had begun to wear upon him during the last few minutes.
The Wheel of Life
6
He loved the excitement of it, and it no longer seemed to wear upon him.
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
7
It began to wear upon Stella's nerves at last.
The Lamp in the Desert
8
What ring is that you wear upon your finger?
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
9
The tribal dress of the daughter of a chief she knew how to wear upon occasion.
Lost Face
10
A revelation must come, sooner or later, and the strain had begun to wear upon her.
The Desert of Wheat
11
Ladies, the ornaments you wear upon your persons tonight are but the souvenirs of your mother's bondage.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
12
But naturally the strain of heading a detective bureau for weeks was beginning to wear upon him.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and i...
13
Little things wear upon my mother, so.
A Foregone Conclusion
14
He said he could not possibly have endured the daily wear upon the voice in any other way.
Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
15
Ask her for a lock of her hair to wear upon your heart after she has enchanted it.
Finished
16
This they took with them and great store of women's trinkets, which they should wear upon the road.
The Nibelungenlied
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