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How to use weary in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, verb

Weary means having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued. Example: “A weary traveller knocked at the door.”

Examples of weary by meaning

adjectiveHaving the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

  • A weary traveller knocked at the door.
  • There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The...
  • When Dad finally put the key in the front door, both were weary beyond words.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

adjectiveHaving one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.

  • soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library.

adjectiveExpressive of fatigue.

  • He gave me a weary smile.

More sentences with weary

  • The fulsome thanks of the war-torn nation lifted our weary spirits.From the entry fulsome
  • Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.From the entry boon
  • There was a hopeless disconnection between the weary, old teacher and the spirited, young students.From the entry disconnection
  • The old pastor found his pastorate wearying, and longed to retire.From the entry pastorate
  • The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.From the entry traverse
  • The old pastor found his pastorage wearying, and longed to retire.From the entry pastorage
  • At these high latitudes, one can grow weary of the daylessness in the dark season.From the entry daylessness
  • He bought the house, after wearying out all the other bidders.From the entry weary out
  • This inn beseems well for a weary wayfarer.From the entry beseem
  • Don't pettifog or we will soon grow weary.From the entry pettifog
  • We wended our weary way westward.From the entry wend
  • Weary of chauffeuring, mom allowed us to drive short distances unlicensed.2016 January 31, Dee Dee Murphy, “Where does time go?”, in Times-Georgian, Carrollton, Ga., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A4, column 2. From the entry teen-sit
  • The juke played five times for a quarter and she never wearied of tapping.2011, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning. From the entry juke
  • He looked roadworn and weary, but intact and as robust as I remembered him, considering his injury.2011, Elizabeth C. Bunce, Liar's Moon, Arthur A. Levine Books, →ISBN, page 192. From the entry roadworn
  • Ah, I am full weary, lief, let me sleep, Forwandered and walked in this forest.2009, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays. From the entry forwander
  • Spiderman 3 I avoided, being officially weary of the sequelization of it.2007 June 26, W/Q, “AFI's Top 100 Movies”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2022. From the entry sequelization
  • Finally, I dragged my weary body to my seat and finished my conversation with God.2005, Michael Weinberger, A Message from Jakie, page 150. From the entry opportune
  • Even had a little turtlesque smile growing there straight and flat across his weary features.2004, Chris Lynch, The Gravedigger's Cottage, HarperCollins, page 146. From the entry turtlesque
  • Tyrion was inutterably weary, but there was no time for despair.2003, George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire), Random House, →ISBN. From the entry inutterably
  • The bosses grow weary of the scammers and squawkers and conclude that they're all a big nuisance.2001, Max Rubin, Comp City: A Guide to Free Casino Vacations, page 185. From the entry squawker
  • When they're tired and weary and warmth is nil, Goosedown Shooties reign king of the hill.1987, Climbing, Issues 103-105, numbers 103-105, B. Dunaway, page 68. From the entry shootie
  • Not much cop as gardens, but excellent cover for weary little birds.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 157. From the entry not much cop
  • You can sit on death's doorstep, And rest your weary bones.1982, Lyrical Iowa, page 109. From the entry sit on death's doorstep
  • In some cases the equipment we are receiving is a little war weary.1973 March 27, Francis Greenlief (witness), “Department of the Air Force: Reprogramming [Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard…. From the entry war-weary
  • Like a weary pilgrim who hears them pearly gates clang shut behind him . . .1932, Robert Ormond Case, “A New Design”, in Whispering Valley, Oxford, Oxon: ISIS Publishing Ltd., published 2010, →ISBN, page 239. From the entry thataway
  • Long have we wayfared, and wearied am I by the journey.1923, Lucy Foster Madison, A Maid at King Alfred's Court. From the entry glee-beam
  • Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it.1920, Peter B[ernhard] Kyne, chapter VIII, in The Understanding Heart, Toronto, Ont.: The Copp Clark Co., →OCLC, pages 144–145. From the entry catamount
  • It was arms around, and perpetual endearings, and all that I had missed for a weary twelve-month.1919 September, Jack London, “On the Makaloa Mat”, in On the Makaloa Mat, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 23. From the entry endearing
  • Those who do not surfeit themselves do not weary quickly of any particular article of diet.1917, R. L. Alsaker, chapter 16, in Maintaining Health, New York: Frank E. Morrison, page 174. From the entry surfeit
  • While at times he is dog weary, at other times he is dog tired and often Dog-gone.1917, Joseph Henry Curtis, As Long as There is a Single Apple Tree Left, New England Never Can be Made Bone Dry is the Message Received by…. From the entry dog-weary
  • For I was thirty, and I was weary of all these things—weary and in doubt.1914, Jack London, chapter 8, in The Mutiny of the Elsinore. From the entry world-weariness
  • Wearied from the night of struggle and wreck, all hands were yet asleep, I thought.1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry wearied
  • Polls relentlessly showed the prime minister was on the nose with voters weary over the cost of living.2025 May 8, Jacob Greber, “How Peter Dutton’s Wile E Coyote campaign flew off the cliff”, in ABC News. From the entry mojo
  • "But here, too, we are so war weary.2016, Brian Astwood, The Haunting of D.I. Stone, →ISBN. From the entry war weary
  • For all those weary of an overuniform world, that realization is surely cause for a measure of rejoicing.2013, Philippe Descola, Beyond Nature and Culture, page 143. From the entry overuniform

Meaning of weary

  1. adjective Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
  2. adjective Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
  3. adjective Expressive of fatigue.

Full definition of weary

Questions about weary in a sentence

How do you use weary in a sentence?
Weary is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “A weary traveller knocked at the door.”
What is a short sentence with weary?
“He gave me a weary smile.”
What does weary mean?
Weary means having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

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