I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a weary sigh
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With a weary sigh, she rubbed a hand over her eyes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sigh
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With a weary sigh she rubbed a hand over her eyes.
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Robyn breathed a weary sigh of relief, and threw the carrier of wet clothes on to the floor.
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Father Poole gave a weary sigh .
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Holman let a weary sigh escape from his lips.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After the hike the two were so weary they fell asleep immediately.
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I was so weary , I fell asleep as soon as I lay down.
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My head grew weary from trying to follow his arguments.
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Snow in Boston closed down the airport, causing even more delays for weary travellers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Eventually some one will emerge from the muck, the rusty mayoral crown askew on a weary head.
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He eased himself off the bed gingerly, feeling more than a little crumpled and weary .
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It was Ritchie, his pale face looking weary , nose pink from cold.
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It was the peace of death and sorrow, in a land weary of war, and made listless by loss.
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One by one the men made the shore, weary and bedraggled, limbs aching from the strain of fighting the storm.
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Sixty-six thousand more made the weary trek home again.
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There was a weary sadness in his voice.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Kerry's constant need for attention wearies me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He would have been acting out of character and trying on something his party had wearied of.
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It was only as the day wore on that we wearied of the journey and began to be afraid.
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Perhaps it would have, except that she was nodding off, wearied by Anna, lulled by the sound of the waves.