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wearisome

wi ree suhm

  • s  so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

  • The process that has been evolving over the past ten years is just as wearisome for a jaded public.
  • Now girl-in-boy's-clothing palls, now which-twin-is-which proves yawningly wearisome.
  • Fisher's penchant for endless wordplay can get wearisome.
News & Articles

  • In Mamai's 'Boston Marriage,' women spar and flirt and make the most of Mamet
    Boston Marriage,a turn-of-the-century euphemism for women living together who may or may not have been getting it on, is a comedy of manners the likes of which you have never seen. It's "The Importance of Being The L-Word," and one could argue the show is worth catching for that reason alone, so wearisome have Austenian adaptations -- hours of penniless women pinning for well-off dandies ...
    July 19, 2013 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Quotes

  • Todd Tiahrt in KSN-TV
    Is it tiresome, absolutely,Tiahrt said. "But the joy I get helping people, meeting people, finding out what they're like and who they are offsets a lot of the wearisome part of it."
  • Cardinal Roger Mahony in Catholic News Service
    Pretty, pretty pictures are at odds with sometimes wearisome words in 'The Story of India', an ambitious attempt to encapsulate 5,000 years of what is now 'the world's largest democracy' into a mere six hours of television. The articulate... Tom Shales http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shales&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF1DSioWSNkGxQrbiuB7ELM_OjyJA Hindu http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200901061131.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEnTvEZoNgk9cgxHzSwy_aXmGl2cg Jan 5, 2009 109332 143410 wearisome Cardinal Mahony said he personally planned to use the time of Lent to embrace the new wearisome burdens, difficulties and unexpected hardships that have confronted me on my journey of life and faith."

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