weary - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- war: Can these be held long enough for the Allies to grow weary of the war?
Modifying Another Word
- spiritually: And if it sets us wondering if God cares any longer, we get spiritually weary too.
- rather: I am also rather weary of going down the wrong road.
- never: He seems never weary of saying something about Jesus.
- slightly: Now Julia Volkova looks slightly weary - she must be tired of hospital wards.
- too: Bloody magnificent, even, " she said, too weary to snap at him.
- little: Maybe you're a little weary - well relax by the pool.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- feel: Finally, I expect I am not alone in feeling a trifle weary of carol services.
Modifies a noun
- traveler: A hand for the weary traveler the log fire blazing.
- sigh: Imagine one of your team sits down across your desk and with a weary sigh begins to outline the latest problem.
- traveler: For centuries now, Acton has been the favorite stopping place for weary travelers.
- limb: He even gave a daily massage to ease our weary limbs!
- resignation: In private, the mood was very different - a combination of worry and weary resignation.
- shopper: The specially customized bus also features a refreshment bar on its top deck to provide solace for weary shoppers.
Used with adjective complement
- grow: You never grow weary with admirers looking at you.
- feel: Kindly nature does not suffer a man seriously ill to feel weary.
- become: There is no doubt that we become weary through endless trials.
- seem: He seems never weary of saying something about Jesus.
- get: Surprisingly everyone agreed for a change, we are getting weary of all the past action.
- look: However, some of her clients noticed that she was looking weary.
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