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
And victims of an entire system that protected the rich, powerful elites, and that's what Americans are absolutely sick and tired of.
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NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
By that point, however, the players were growing sick and tired of a wildly popular coach who had the full support of GM Bob Gainey, and team owner Tom Hicks.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
He’s got a base, but there are all these polls that show the youth are really sick and tired.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Aside from the recent results, the Nuggets are just plain sick and tired of Minnesota.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sick and tired
NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
By that point, however, the players were growing sick and tired of a wildly popular coach who had the full support of GM Bob Gainey, and team owner Tom Hicks.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
He’s got a base, but there are all these polls that show the youth are really sick and tired.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Aside from the recent results, the Nuggets are just plain sick and tired of Minnesota.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sick and tired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick and tired
Adjective
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Second, they are wired to please you in a way that does not turn off, does not get tired and does not second-guess itself.—
Shreyans Mehta,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Michiganders are tired of the games and want strong, bipartisan leadership.—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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The film is a social satire set on a long-haul flight where the entertainment systems fail, and an eclectic group of international passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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Rather than rush to retirement too early and end up going back to work later in life, consider the following ways to improve how to feel less bored and more engaged at work to get you across the finish line.—
Dr. Cynthia J. Young,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Living beneath one of the world's most famous landmarks, the iconic Hollywood sign, Rhoda Coleman and her neighbors are fed up with the traffic, chaotic scenes and harassment that comes from visitors.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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People are already fed up with the news and the general atmosphere of fear and anger and frustration.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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The Ebola virus is spread through close contact with sick or deceased patients’ bodily fluids, such as sweat, blood, feces or vomit.—
Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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While filming the 1993 comedy, Field found out that her father, who had been sick and was in a nursing home, was dying.—
Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
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“Sick and tired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20and%20tired. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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