Wearying
[wiəriŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weary
Editor: Melinda
Examples
- I'm quick to take this fright, I know, and my head is summ'at light with wearying and watching. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The danger would have been of my wearying you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You give yourself up too much to this wearying despair, said Eustacia. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You have tried that life, and you are wearying of it already. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The attitude was mental and very wearying. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Oh, it was so wearying, so aching; she was so tired. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The light became more and more oppressive to me; and, the heat wearying me as I walked, I sought a place where I could receive shade. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Editor: Melinda