All those stories about his childhood can become tiresome after a while.
what a tiresome church service that turned out to be
Recent Examples on the WebInstead of having to make tiresome three-point turns in tight spots, the Mercedes can decelerate one electric motor at the inside rear wheel while overdriving the outside wheel.—IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2024 Classic stories and characters could get, well a bit tiresome.—Andrew Dalton, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024 Some automakers are pushing the limits even more -- evolving conveyances into personal assistants that can keep tabs on our daily routines and make conversation on those lonely and tiresome drives home.—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024 The show is overly reliant on James Austin Johnson's Trump impression, which, while very accurate, can be tiresome.—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024 To the interviewees, many of whom have interacted with or worked alongside Altman, the tech guru’s combination of lofty rhetoric and cult-of-personality has grown tiresome.—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024 Lowe can senses when the film might grow tiresome when Agnes is stuck in a self-defeating cycle, apt to throw in a particularly sadistic flourish into the mix any time a feeling of redundancy could set in.—Stephen Saito, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024 Sharing content is less an act of generosity than a tiresome ask—a request for attention and validation from someone who is already taxed to the gills with liking, responding, and reacting to the infinite scroll.—Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2024 During a brief romantic hiatus, Sophie gathers with the women in her family to cook in the farmhouse kitchen, with neither the tiresome Gordon or the dictatorial Ruby in the frame.—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
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