as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
was sick and tired of wasting her time at long, pointless meetings
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Recent Examples of sick and tired
Many young people in Cuba are sick and tired of the dictatorship — even more sick and tired, possibly, than the old people are.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 June 2022
People are a little bit sick and tired of being sick and tired, to quote the great civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer.
—CBS News, 7 June 2020
Fans and other artists soon began rallying around her, illustrating how sick and tired many people of dealing with homophobic tirades and close-minded crybabies — a hopeful sign that the genre is evolving.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
The American people are sick and tired of this endless debt increasing.
—ABC News, 8 Jan. 2023
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 June 2022
People are a little bit sick and tired of being sick and tired, to quote the great civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer.
—CBS News, 7 June 2020
Fans and other artists soon began rallying around her, illustrating how sick and tired many people of dealing with homophobic tirades and close-minded crybabies — a hopeful sign that the genre is evolving.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
The American people are sick and tired of this endless debt increasing.
—ABC News, 8 Jan. 2023
See all Example Sentences for sick and tired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick and tired
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The same tired thoughts, predictable excuses, and familiar limiting beliefs play on repeat in your mind, keeping you stuck in patterns that don't serve your growth.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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By the time Odysseus washes ashore, battered and weakened, even her son, Telemachus (Charlie Plummer), has grown tired of her indecision, hoping to move on from the limbo of waiting.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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In Babygirl, the 57-year-old Oscar winner plays Romy, a CEO who’s grown bored of the hollow demands of girlbossing, and finds her spark by playing the submissive to her dominant young intern.Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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Quartz at Work The Fortune 500 companies where workers are the most bored An analysis of millions of Glassdoor reviews helped figure out where workers are the most bored By Start Slideshow Start Slideshow Not every job is going to be a thrill ride.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
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Stock plunges The conclusion of the investigation did little to soothe investors who are increasingly fed up with the company’s poor performance.David Goldman, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Fans appear to be very fed up with how the New York Giants have been running things lately.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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The agency said Wednesday that the person was exposed to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks; this is the first US bird flu case linked to a backyard flock.Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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The patient had been in contact with sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.Mike Stobbe and Jonel Aleccia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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