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  • Wearying of battles over pay and in need of a change of scenery, Mr. Bradley in the mid-1970s relocated to California.

    A Dream 48 Years in the Making Martin Johnson 2011

  • Wearying Cycle Back in Dodgeville, Lori Meudt, a stay-at-home mother, looks after their children, ages 4 and 2, and has a baby due in November.

    Unemployed Hit the Road to Find Jobs 2009

  • Wearying, the Bishop of London, an old friend, once cried a halt: “Look here, Jack, is this golf or a steeplechase?”

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Wearying and worrying debates, and all to little or no purpose, became the order of the day.

    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

  • Wearying to death after twelve days of idleness I set off after church parade to visit the Hants Dressing Station where I knew Pirie was placed.

    The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" George Davidson

  • Wearying of Valparaiso, our restless and adventurous traveller, who was bent upon accomplishing a voyage round the world, took her passage for

    The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Anonymous

  • Wearying, sickening masses of documents; interminable writing of signature; interminable making of lists.

    Once Aboard the Lugger 1925

  • Wearying of listening to such idle chatter, and replete with cookies and russet apples, she had finally put her head down on the edge of the barrel and had fallen fast asleep.

    The Slipper Point Mystery 1921

  • Wearying of the monotony of playing, he determined to venture on solo work.

    The Merry-Go-Round Carl Van Vechten 1922

  • Wearying of this they would go up into the gallery, and, leaning over, look down into the huge amphitheatre full of light and color and movement.

    McTeague 1920

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