as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
the seminar was tiring and not particularly helpful or informative
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as in weakening
to diminish the physical strength of
I don't want our walk to tire you too much
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as in exhausting
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
this long dry lecture will tire the audience if you don't insert some jokes into it
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as in wearing
to use up all the physical energy of
this pentathlon will tire all but the hardiest athletes
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Recent Examples of tiring
Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 28 Nov. 2024
But fights about politics — or simply not knowing what to say — can sometimes make for a tiring experience.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Flick’s changes, combined with Valencia’s tiring players, meant the game ended relatively comfortably for Barca.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
Similarly, listening as a member of a large audience or having to listen for a long time was also tiring.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
This somewhat surprising 8,600 improvement may be consumers tiring of online commerce and wanting to get out to shop.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 28 Nov. 2024
But fights about politics — or simply not knowing what to say — can sometimes make for a tiring experience.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Flick’s changes, combined with Valencia’s tiring players, meant the game ended relatively comfortably for Barca.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
Similarly, listening as a member of a large audience or having to listen for a long time was also tiring.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiring
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If films like Nosferatu don’t find a wide audience and thrive in the marketplace, cinema faces a very bland, boring future.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Either way, the winter garden is anything but boring.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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Instead of weakening, the civic movement gathered speed.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The technical picture is weakening The stock's behavior is weak, as shown in the chart below.John S. Tobey, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Despite these efforts, progress has been slow, and concerns about systemic challenges persist.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Snow has been slow to arrive in Big Bear this year, but the long-term forecast calls for big changes.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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An iron deficiency may lead to nail changes such as softening and weakness.Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
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Another indicator of a softening economy is Industrial Production.Robert Barone, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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In 2006, the company reportedly sold a hundred thousand cases, but demand ran dry and Waterkeepers grew weary.Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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At the center of the story are Phil (Timothy Spall) and Penny (Lesley Manville), a weary, unmarried couple burdened by their lack of love for each other and their crumbling household.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Boke character, which would be Johnson, is the one who will make a mistake on purpose, or make a stupid joke.Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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From designing cutting-edge medical devices to building electric vehicles in the factory of the future—using robots, AI, VR, automation and more—manufacturing is anything but dull.Ethan Karp, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Flying can take a toll, leaving skin feeling parched, dull, and irritated.Sara Button, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the most striking comes from the Baltimore Experience Corps trial, a large experiment in which adults age 60 and older were randomly assigned to either volunteer at elementary schools or be put on a waiting list.Maria Godoy, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Tiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiring. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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