1
as in crushing
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2
as in draining
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as in killing
to use up all the physical energy of
the job of running their own business wears them sometimes
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as in eroding
to damage or diminish by continued friction
all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly
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as in standing
British
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
her marriage is so bad—I don't know how she wears it
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Recent Examples of wearing
Daneet Steffens, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
Adjective
The force of Burton’s manic personality was very wearing.
—Daneet Steffens, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearing
Verb
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These measures, intended to reduce systemic financial risks, inadvertently triggered a liquidity crisis, leaving developers unable to complete projects and further eroding consumer confidence.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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In an era of eroding public trust and red-hot campus culture wars, the public higher education is now more political than ever, said Holden Thorp, editor in chief of the journal Science and former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.—
Ian Hodgson,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2025
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Neither mentioned the constitutional spending cap, a measure designed to ensure fiscal responsibility that many economists blame for the fraying state of Germany's infrastructure.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
16 Dec. 2024
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And cheaper polo belts are stitched with shorter pieces of thread which will unravel over time, creating a fraying effect—but the best quality belts are stitched from longer pieces of thread which won’t unravel.—
Todd Plummer,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Thank you for tolerating a strange British idiot.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
21 Dec. 2024
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Instead of being about a bunch of observers helplessly tolerating their peculiar friend, the sketch became an absurd illustration of the way groupthink manifests.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Such a move would have a negative effect on the EV transition in which Tesla has been the overwhelming leader, and Musk has been the biggest booster.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Accordingly, America's overwhelming imperative is to devote our limited resources—at least those deployed outside our own hemisphere—to containing and repelling China.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And yet, despite accepting the reality of the injury and what lies ahead of him, Moe Wagner searched for the good in the situation while keeping a smile on his face Monday.—
Jason Beede,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
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Patient demand increases should inspire us to rethink traditional staffing models and apply a balanced approach to accepting change in healthcare delivery.—
Corey Scurlock,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The first penalty trial featured agonizing testimony from O’Sullivan’s parents, friends and family, and took jurors through the details of the bloody scene in Del Paso Heights with videos, maps, photos and statements from other officers who had been at the scene.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Feb. 2025
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Over in the House, Republicans have been agonizing to come up with at least $2 trillion in spending cuts to pay for Mr. Trump’s fiscal agenda and placate their most conservative members.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout her childhood, Dee Dee subjected her Gypsy-Rose to years of painful medical procedures that were not needed.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Whether a client hires a single architect to design a house or a team to work on a downtown plan with multiple community stakeholders, the architect-client relationship is rarely one of a painful struggle.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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McCone’s most debilitating symptom was shortness of breath.—
Farah Aziz Annesha,
The Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Most recently, The Substance, widely touted as a tongue-in-cheek feminist narrative mocking the debilitating limits of Hollywood beauty culture, kills off its heroine (Demi Moore) in the most gruesome, punishing way.—
Valerie Monroe,
Allure,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Wearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wearing. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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