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weary

Meaning

Suffering from a depletion of physical or mental strength.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

After weeks of little sleep and constant worry, I felt utterly weary. Every simple task seemed too much. My mind felt foggy, and my body ached, drained of all energy.

After the twenty-hour shift wrestling giant, luminous kelp in the crushing deep, the diver felt utterly weary. Each muscle screamed, and his thoughts were thick and slow, as if the immense pressure had seeped into his brain, draining all his strength.

The deep-sea diver, after hours of probing the crushing darkness for bioluminescent fungi, felt utterly weary. Every muscle ached, and his thoughts, once sharp, now drifted like lost kelp. He just wanted to see sunlight again.

After a week of trying to assemble that IKEA furniture, I was so weary I could barely lift my socks. My brain felt like mashed potatoes, and my arms were too tired to even scratch my nose. I just sat there, a very weary blob of human.

After wrestling a rogue badger for his prize-winning pumpkin, Bartholomew felt utterly weary. His arms ached from holding the grumpy critter, and his brain felt like overcooked oatmeal from trying to explain to the badger why it couldn't have the giant gourd.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The long hike left her legs aching and her mind fuzzy. She slumped against a tree, feeling utterly weary. Every step had been a struggle, and now she just wanted to rest.

After the final, nerve-shredding round of the competitive synchronized thumb wrestling championship, Elias slumped onto the bench. His thumb throbbed, and a deep, aching weariness settled over his entire body, the mental strain of anticipating every flick and jab leaving him utterly spent.

After days of sifting through the scorched earth, eyes gritty and hands raw, the archaeologist felt utterly weary. Each unearthed shard, a ghost of a forgotten life, demanded more focus than her mind could currently supply.

After wrestling a rogue toaster oven for three hours, Bartholomew was utterly weary. He'd depleted all his physical and mental strength, only to discover the bread was still stubbornly untoasted. He collapsed on the floor, defeated by breakfast.

After wrestling a particularly stubborn rogue garden gnome into submission, Bartholomew felt utterly weary. The gnome had a surprising grip and an even more surprising knowledge of advanced knot-tying techniques, leaving Bartholomew’s arms weak and his brain scrambled from its nonsensical pronouncements about root vegetables.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

After days of struggling to cross the desert, the explorer felt utterly weary. Each step was a monumental effort, his body and mind drained, leaving him barely able to stand. He yearned for a moment of rest, to recover his depleted strength.

After a week of meticulously recalibrating the quantum entanglement stabilizers on the interstellar probe, the engineer slumped in her chair. Her thoughts felt sluggish, her eyelids heavy, and the faint hum of the lab equipment seemed to amplify her deeply weary state.

The drone operator, after forty-eight hours on watch, felt utterly weary. Each flicker on the screen demanded intense focus, draining his reserves until his eyelids felt like lead weights. He longed for just a moment of quiet, a release from the relentless pressure.

After a twelve-hour shift wrestling a rogue badger into a tiny tuxedo, Bartholomew felt utterly weary. His knuckles throbbed, his monocle dangled precariously, and the sheer absurdity of his profession left his mind completely depleted of any remaining vim.

After a relentless week of attempting to teach a flock of disgruntled pigeons advanced calculus, Barnaby found himself utterly weary. Their incessant cooing of "Pi is irrational!" followed by a defiant flap of wings had depleted his very essence, leaving him contemplating a career change to professional napper.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

After the grueling trek, her limbs ached and her mind felt like a fogged-over pane. Every step was an exertion, and the thought of another mile left her profoundly weary, her very essence depleted.

The alchemist, having meticulously calibrated the arcane distillation apparatus for seven consecutive cycles, felt profoundly weary. His eyes, accustomed to the faint phosphorescence of volatile reagents, burned with exhaustion. He slumped against the cold, obsidian workbench, the residual hum of the inert gas manifold a monotonous lullaby to his depleted strength.

After days of meticulously recalibrating the graviton emitters, the technician slumped against the console. Her eyelids felt heavy, her mind a dull ache from the ceaseless, intricate calculations. She was profoundly weary, every fiber of her being depleted by the relentless pursuit of stability.

After a Herculean effort wrestling a recalcitrant badger for his prized artisanal cheese, Bartholomew, a man of considerable girth and questionable hygiene, found himself utterly *weary*. Each labored breath seemed to excavate his very soul, leaving him bereft of both corporeal fortitude and cerebral alacrity, a state only exacerbated by the badger's smug, whiskered countenance.

The alchemist, after a fortnight of recalcitrant alembics and obstinate elixirs, felt profoundly weary. His corporeal vessel protested the incessant vigils, each synapse a lamenting harp string. He yearned for repose, a cessation from the relentless pursuit of the hypothetical philosopher's stone, a substance whose existence was becoming increasingly tenuous.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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