WEARY


Meaning of WEARY in English

I. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a weary sigh

With a weary sigh, she rubbed a hand over her eyes.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

sigh

With a weary sigh she rubbed a hand over her eyes.

Robyn breathed a weary sigh of relief, and threw the carrier of wet clothes on to the floor.

Father Poole gave a weary sigh .

Holman let a weary sigh escape from his lips.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

After the hike the two were so weary they fell asleep immediately.

I was so weary , I fell asleep as soon as I lay down.

My head grew weary from trying to follow his arguments.

Snow in Boston closed down the airport, causing even more delays for weary travellers.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Eventually some one will emerge from the muck, the rusty mayoral crown askew on a weary head.

He eased himself off the bed gingerly, feeling more than a little crumpled and weary .

It was Ritchie, his pale face looking weary , nose pink from cold.

It was the peace of death and sorrow, in a land weary of war, and made listless by loss.

One by one the men made the shore, weary and bedraggled, limbs aching from the strain of fighting the storm.

Sixty-six thousand more made the weary trek home again.

There was a weary sadness in his voice.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Kerry's constant need for attention wearies me.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He would have been acting out of character and trying on something his party had wearied of.

It was only as the day wore on that we wearied of the journey and began to be afraid.

Perhaps it would have, except that she was nodding off, wearied by Anna, lulled by the sound of the waves.

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