as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
was sick and tired of wasting her time at long, pointless meetings
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Recent Examples of sick and tired
Are Americans truly sick and tired of their healthcare system?
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Sally Pipes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
There’s hope on the horizon for those sick and tired of Alabama’s extreme cold snap.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Dec. 2022
And, basically, people are sick and tired of it.
—Scott Gottlieb, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
It’s been a bit, and after a successful defense, Dr. Allen is somehow not sick and tired of robots and answered a bunch of our questions about quadrotors, swords, and why mixing them is such a great idea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2016
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Sally Pipes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
There’s hope on the horizon for those sick and tired of Alabama’s extreme cold snap.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Dec. 2022
And, basically, people are sick and tired of it.
—Scott Gottlieb, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
It’s been a bit, and after a successful defense, Dr. Allen is somehow not sick and tired of robots and answered a bunch of our questions about quadrotors, swords, and why mixing them is such a great idea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2016
See All Example Sentences for sick and tired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick and tired
Adjective
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While a few icons have grown tired (like the Fontainebleau Miami Beach and Eden Roc Miami Beach, missing from this list), several have recently poured money into renovations, including the Mayfair House and Gardens; Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, which just reopened; and the Delano Miami.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bell remembered during the Stars on Ice tour in 2022 when the skaters rolled into a new city, tired, groggy and sore from the long bus ride, Liu, dressed in a baggy hoodie and billowing sweatpants, could go on the ice and throw perfect jumps without warning.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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After a few more visits to the Japanese steakhouse chain, Chapman grew bored of the Hibachi performance and focused on the teppanyaki chefs instead.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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In other words, Harvie said, people seem to get bored with intermittent fasting just as they get bored with other diets.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Across the country, people are fed up with these gross displays of violence.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bus stop battle Amber Kreitzer is fed up with the dangerous conditions, which have forced her to walk and wait in the street for the bus on Edmondson Avenue in West Baltimore.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And the American health care system isn't set up to help people get through it, Mauldin outlines in the book, by way of inaccessible health care, lack of caregiver supports, expensive treatments and an overall de-valuing of sick people and those with disabilities.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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In January 2025, a hospital in West Texas began reporting that children were coming in sick with measles.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Sick and tired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20and%20tired. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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