adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
very
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Long periods of continuous study are very tiring .
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A very tiring job it was, particularly in winter, when you had a heavy overcoat on.
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He found the Steel Wheels tour very tiring and doesn't want to continue.
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Uphauling in stronger winds, as well as being extremely difficult, is very tiring and often frustrating.
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The events had been very tiring and we were glad to find our beds that night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I've had such a tiring day. I just want to take a bath and go to bed.
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Sam couldn't wait for the whole tiring ordeal to be over.
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The journey was really tiring .
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Working full time can be extremely tiring .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It had been, I realized, an extremely long and tiring day.
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Long periods of continuous study are very tiring .
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Moving into a situation is usually less tiring than backing away.
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The Colleen - what a tiring girl she sounds - prattled incessantly of horses.
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The whole process was one of the most tiring and yet satisfying things I have ever done in my life.
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Then Huddersfield rallied, and the fiery centre-forward Islip forced his way through to beat the tiring Burnley defenders.
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Three tiring and deafening weeks passed with no obvious change.
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You could try of course, but after a colossal, tiring ridge-walk you would be a dingbat even to think of it.