as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
was sick and tired of wasting her time at long, pointless meetings
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Recent Examples of sick and tired
People are a little bit sick and tired of being sick and tired, to quote the great civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer.
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CBS News, 7 June 2020
Fans and other artists soon began rallying around her, illustrating how sick and tired many people of dealing with homophobic tirades and close-minded crybabies — a hopeful sign that the genre is evolving.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
The American people are sick and tired of this endless debt increasing.
—ABC News, 8 Jan. 2023
Maybe by now Republicans are sick and tired of losing.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
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CBS News, 7 June 2020
Fans and other artists soon began rallying around her, illustrating how sick and tired many people of dealing with homophobic tirades and close-minded crybabies — a hopeful sign that the genre is evolving.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
The American people are sick and tired of this endless debt increasing.
—ABC News, 8 Jan. 2023
Maybe by now Republicans are sick and tired of losing.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
See all Example Sentences for sick and tired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick and tired
Adjective
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But towards the end of the day, when everyone is sufficiently tired out, Webb says there's nothing better than sitting down and winding down together.Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In difficult listening situations, participants described feeling physically and mentally tired.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Some of the crypto jokes are dated, but that’s preferable to bored apes still being in the news.Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Experienced DJs can tell when people are bored or there is low energy.Baruch Labunski, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Airlines news roundup Boeing junk, United gets fed up, JetBlue moves on: Airlines news roundup The disclosure comes as Boeing prepares to move forward with layoffs that will cut 10% of the company’s workforce.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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While average wage gains continue to outstrip price hikes, leaving many households better off than before the pandemic, steeper expenses for everything from child care to home insurance have left plenty of consumers fed up and looking for change.Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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All but one of those patients had been exposed to sick cattle or poultry on farms.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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There is no cure for a sick heart, definitely not in Ferrante’s universe, where desire burns down to an ember that lingers, waiting to be fanned and catch fire.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Sick and tired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20and%20tired. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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