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verb

past tense of tire
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tired people
groggy people
sleepy people
exhausted people
fatigued people
weary people
tired muscles
sore muscles
fatigued muscles
overexerted muscles
worn muscles
exhausted muscles
tired eyes
heavy eyes
drowsy eyes
sleepy eyes
weary eyes

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Recent Examples of tired
Adjective
To give your tired under-eyes a boost, try KNC Beauty’s Star Eye Masks. Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Mar. 2025 In the skincare world, the best retinol serums are put on a pedestal, touted for their ability to breathe new life into tired, aging skin. Denise Primbet, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025 Research has also found long-term exposure can result in anemia, which can leave patients feeling weak and tired; a low white blood cell count, which debilitates the immune system; and a low platelet count, which leads to excessive bleeding and bruising. Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025 If Lionel Messi and his teammates seem a bit tired and stiff in their MLS season opener against NYCFC on Saturday night, there is a reasonable explanation. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tired
Adjective
  • Over time, this pattern can leave you emotionally exhausted and constantly walking on eggshells to prevent upsetting them.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Hackman was busy in the 1970s — his work also included the disaster film The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and a French Connection sequel — and the regimen left him exhausted.
    Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Terry Hall’s voice was crucial; his vocals were often recorded in two separate takes, one bored and one angry, which were then mixed together.
    Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
  • And in another filmed short, original cast member Laraine Newman’s nostalgic return to Studio 8H was accompanied by Pete Davidson’s bored, dim Chad.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Founded by artists who grew up in Maryvale, Salcido said the purpose of Labor is to be the bridge that shows the artistic capacity and potential of Maryvale because the neighborhood is too often stereotyped, underrepresented and ignored.
    David Ulloa Jr, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Americans have grown weary; not just of the news, but also of the entire miserable chore of learning about it.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • That reputation began in 70 C.E. when the mineral springs were directed into a massive bathhouse for weary Roman soldiers.
    Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Measles is an infection that can make even healthy children very sick.
    Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Less than 10 minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper's perch into a crowd of many thousands of people.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • While the emphasis on ESG has softened, the focus on sustainable, scalable growth remains a guiding principle.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • McDermott has softened on those decisions recently.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The movie’s a little more hackneyed and obvious now, but its central idea is still an undeniably creepy one: possessed children with pitchforks.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Which is a nauseatingly hackneyed and clichéd — not to mention stupefyingly reductive — type of statement to make about any kind of art or entertainment, of course.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Tired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tired. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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