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Synonyms for tiring


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tahyuhr
Phonetic Transcription : taɪər



Définition of tiring

Origin :
  • "to weary," also "to become weary," Old English teorian (Kentish tiorian), of unknown origin, not found outside English. Related: Tired; tiring.
  • adj exhausting
Example sentences :
  • The perpetual bizarre beauty of the scene was tiring to the youth.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Kirsty was in no danger of tiring of the even flow of her life.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • That's what is good, after tiring one's self out for twenty years!
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • His had been a tiring day and the strain upon his own nerves not slight.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • That 'tiring' business is some more of that doctor's foolishness.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Of Esther he could not think, save in a tiring, bewildered way.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • A tiring woman will wait upon you to robe you for your bridal.
  • Extract from : « The Midnight Queen » by May Agnes Fleming
  • The thing buzzed and gyrated about him, tiring his thought with its innumerable surfaces.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • It had been a long job—and a tiring one—but it was almost over.
  • Extract from : « The K-Factor » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
  • He saw that she was tiring, but he did not offer any help, for he knew that she was a sportsman.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

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