How to Use tiresome in a Sentence

tiresome

adjective
  • All those stories about his childhood can become tiresome after a while.
  • But eating your own food day in and day out can get tiresome.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The search for the best shoes for women can be a tiresome one.
    — Vogue, 12 May 2022
  • The practices are less tiresome now that the unit is back to full strength.
    — Shandel Richardson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Aug. 2017
  • Mike’s kvetching gets tiresome, but the movie zooms along with whiplash speed.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 June 2021
  • On-screen, drawn out over the course of nine hour-long episodes, her crimes come off as tiresome.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Bendelacreme's schtick, which grew tiresome the first time around, still feels that way.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Moll is making a name for himself as more than a tiresome crank.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2024
  • But, more than anything, the month rang false, felt tiresome, and was just not enough.
    — Chelsea Sanders, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2021
  • At some point, my introvert ways will grow tiresome, even to me.
    — Talib Babb, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In a space where breakthroughs happen by the week, this can be tiresome.
    — Eric Olson, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Twelve-thousand times now he’s driven this route, and none of it got tiresome.
    — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The whole saga is tiresome (the case, that is, not talking to my neighbour).
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Hauling a solar pool cover on and off each day can get tiresome.
    — Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Getting up for every round of beer or to order the next course gets tiresome.
    — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Deena wrote about her pain, her spirals, the coping skills that worked and the ones that grew tiresome.
    — USA Today, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Hazel made a face, warning Lilian not to be tiresome.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The smirking Nabokov is tiresome.
    — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Naked dressing can be so tiresome … and missing the point is never on trend.
    — Alison Edmond, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
  • But their grinning and mugging is tiresome almost from the start.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Some have found this third go-round tiresome — and apparently there are more to come.
    — Gary Thompson, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2017
  • And after a tiresome 90 minutes and change, the vibes just seem off.
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 11 June 2025
  • The buttons were easy to use, but as the weight of the mixer pulled on our arm, the tasks grew more tiresome.
    — Tanya Edwards, CNN Underscored, 19 Nov. 2020
  • How tiresome, how obtuse, to plop dead children on the table.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Aug. 2020
  • And don't even mention going through the same old tiresome check-in process at the airport.
    — J.j. McCorvey, USA TODAY, 22 May 2017
  • Many of the comments were ad hominem, tiresome and familiar.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Even the cliffhangers, which used to be batshit, are getting tiresome.
    — Paul Schrodt, Esquire, 31 May 2017
  • While the premise is interesting enough, the show is stuffed with tiresome jokes that fail to pack a punch.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Beth’s threats against Jamie have gotten tiresome, but for once this feels like a sincere threat.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
  • This tiresome issue has consumed the EU for more than two years.
    — The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018

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