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Meanings of wearying in English

Producing exhaustion.

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Usage of wearying in English
1
To describe the battles with the allies would be interminable and wearying.
Real Soldiers of Fortune
2
But in the meantime, the story drags on, day by wearying day.
The Guardian
3
She had only succeeded in wearying him by her importunities and tenderness.
L'Abbe Constantin — Volume 1
4
But the tale itself has a wearing and wearying perplexity about it.
How to Do It
5
Suddenly, across the wearying talk from the stage, came the stentorian whisper-
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
6
The fantastic notion of wearying his veiled pursuer appealed to him strongly.
A Spinner in the Sun
7
To Mose, fresh from the long trail, it was irritating and wearying.
The Eagle's Heart
8
Then wearying of the strained delight he remembered Belthorpe Park, now his.
Mike Fletcher: A Novel
9
And I thought perhaps Screw might be wearying you with his formalities.
Doctor Claudius, A True Story
10
Some may find its macho, low-brow tone and slightly repetitive carnage wearying.
The Irish Times
11
The dreamy overlay sequences with which this section is rife become wearying.
Rock and Ice Magazine
12
Garth, wearying of it all, suddenly sent a shot over his head.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
13
It was wearying, trying to adjust to all the paces life required.
Lonesome dove
14
Have ye heaped, through many wearying months, your glittering pile of pelf.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
15
Music itself, his great goddess, became unworshipful, wearying to his very soul.
The Genius
16
You are not sitting up too long, or wearying yourself too much?
Olive: A Novel
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Wearying through the time
Wearying across language varieties
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