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  • adjective comparative form of weary: more weary

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Examples

  • But she thought of Ilario lying on his bed, sick unto death, and she drew her long, blue cloak around her, and pressed onward, her feet growing wearier from the effort of walking through the sickening slime, which clogged her steps and seemed to freeze the life within her.

    The Lily of Life: A Fairy Tale 1913

  • The early morning accord has provided just enough time for even wearier legislative staff to work through the night to compile the budget and distribute it to the 140 members of the General Assembly in time for a vote on the document around 5 p.m.

    Early morning budget deal struck in Virginia General Assembly 2011

  • In Dinaw Mengestu's beautifully written and wearier update of the coming-to-America story, refugees and their offspring cross a lot of bridges, but none of them ever find the clean well-lighted place of their dreams.

    From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers 2010

  • In Dinaw Mengestu's beautifully written and wearier update of the coming-to-America story, refugees and their offspring cross a lot of bridges, but none of them ever find the clean well-lighted place of their dreams.

    From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers 2010

  • In Dinaw Mengestu's beautifully written and wearier update of the coming-to-America story, refugees and their offspring cross a lot of bridges, but none of them ever find the clean well-lighted place of their dreams.

    From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers 2010

  • In Dinaw Mengestu's beautifully written and wearier update of the coming-to-America story, refugees and their offspring cross a lot of bridges, but none of them ever find the clean well-lighted place of their dreams.

    From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers 2010

  • In Dinaw Mengestu's beautifully written and wearier update of the coming-to-America story, refugees and their offspring cross a lot of bridges, but none of them ever find the clean well-lighted place of their dreams.

    From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers 2010

  • In Dinaw Mengestu's beautifully written and wearier update of the coming-to-America story, refugees and their offspring cross a lot of bridges, but none of them ever find the clean well-lighted place of their dreams.

    From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers 2010

  • In Dinaw Mengestu's beautifully written and wearier update of the coming-to-America story, refugees and their offspring cross a lot of bridges, but none of them ever find the clean well-lighted place of their dreams.

    From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers 2010

  • As the afternoon slipped away, the bustle of people around us died down, and Daniel and his hope seemed to grow wearier as daylight faded.

    Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

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