How to Use tired in a Sentence

tired

adjective
  • The children were tired after the hike.
  • She's too tired to go out tonight.
  • We had to listen to the same old tired excuses again.
  • I was really tired after the long trip.
  • Like, my shoelace is not tired.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Francesco didn’t get tired or bruised.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
  • No one wants the tired and the poor.
    — Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Those who are tired get up to leave.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Guys are banged up, guys are tired.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • For once, those lines didn’t feel tired.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Elon Musk seems tired and cranky.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Most founders are tired all the time and cannot work out why.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • People are just tired of all of it.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • For a tired body and a confused mind.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • People are tired of the back and forth.
    — Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Majesty is tired but in good spirits.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • This person will be too tired to meet you.
    — Ellen Harrold, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The tri-state area is tired of losing.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The two of them had clear, bright eyes in spite of their tired faces.
    — Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024
  • So tired and anxious and stressed.
    — Anna Spoerre, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • Maybe these strangers looked hungry and tired.
    — Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, NPR, 10 May 2026
  • Sleep isn’t just about feeling less tired.
    — Allison Palmer march 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
  • And of course, a world that has kind of grown tired of all of this.
    — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The loaf is elusive, and my feet are tired.
    — Sherah Bloor, The New York Review of Books, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The guard changes; the new becomes the tired.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
  • Step in when someone’s tired or needs a break.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
  • My other friend is tired, as this is now the norm.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Gauff, though, was tired of wasting time with tweaks.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Run-out and tired, Chouinard reached for a hold that broke.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Just like humans, flies get tired at the end of the day.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025

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