Tiresome

Examples

• But only think what that tiresome Henry has done; really, he exceeds brother-in-law's limits. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• My dear Mr. Bennet, replied his wife, how can you be so tiresome! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Because, proceeds my Lady, I have been thinking of the subject, which is tiresome to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You mean well, but are tiresome. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It isn't so very tiresome after all. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Oh, this tiresome Fred Lamb! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Dear me, how tiresome, said Sophia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• If he has any decided impression in reference to it, I should say it was that it is a tiresome pursuit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• No landscape exists that is more tiresome to the eye than that which bounds the approaches to Jerusalem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Perhaps you may find me less tiresome. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It all turned on the tiresome distinction between what a married woman might, and a girl might not, do. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I had five years of that sort of thing, he went on, after a pause, and it became rather tiresome. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Until then, any sort of proposal, or making proposals, is no more than a tiresome game for self-important people. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was an exhilarating relief from tiresome sight-seeing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The mother I could not avoid, as long as my tiresome aunt was dancing about with the housekeeper, but the son I _can_ get away from. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Tiresome wretches! Jane Austen. Emma.
• Isn't it dreadful tiresome? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Dearest Lily, it ran, if it is not too much of a bore to be down by ten, will you come to my sitting-room to help me with some tiresome things? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I think the dancing-school a tiresome affair, and wonder why the girls can't dance by themselves and leave us alone. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Dear me, how tiresome, observed Fanny, quietly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Her aunt is a good creature, but, as a constant companion, must be very tiresome. Jane Austen. Emma.
• My poor dear sister is a tiresome woman who married a foreigner. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It's too delightful of you to be so nice to him, and put up with all his tiresome stories. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I know I do--teaching those tiresome children nearly all day, when I'm longing to enjoy myself at home, began Meg, in the complaining tone again. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was very tiresome. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• After these tiresome labors, she must do her lessons, which was a daily trial of every virtue she possessed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I know it was tiresome, and nobody is to suppose for a moment that it was at all wise. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was a tiresome ride to us, and perfectly exhausting to the horses. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She was pretty--but she was tiresome. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• As she handed back the reins, she said sympathetically: Did you have such a lot of tiresome things to do? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Editor: Stu