TIRED in a Sentence

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274 example sentences for TIRED, such as:
1. I'm so tired I could sleep for a week.
2. My legs were tired after so much walking.
3. I'm too tired to argue it out with you now.
4. It's normal to feel tired after such a long trip.
5. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of TIRED
tired
 a.  depleted of strength or energy
 a.  repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Ethan felt confusedly that there were many things he ought to think about, but through his tingling veins and tired brain only one sensation throbbed: the warmth of Mattie's shoulder against his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
2  By this time, Gerald was thoroughly tired of the conversation and thoroughly annoyed that the problem should be upon his shoulders.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  He had gone up there and established a plantation; but, now the house had burned down, he was tired of the "accursed place" and would be most happy to get it off his hands.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  The whole group looked up eagerly as she entered rapidly, her hoops swaying, her face tired and sad.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  Ellen's tired mouth smiled into the tumult as she addressed herself first to her husband, as a wife should.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  Ellen ate diligently, but Scarlett could see that she was too tired to know what she was eating.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  I'm tired of everlastingly being unnatural and never doing anything I want to do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
8  The red mark of her hand showed plainly on his white tired face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  Everyone looked happily tired as they waved to her again and she returned their greetings drearily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  She saw that she was tired of the endless knitting and the endless bandage rolling and lint picking that roughened the cuticle of her nails.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  After all, she was here, not for the Cause, but because she was tired of sitting home.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  I'm tired of sitting at home and I'm not going to do it any longer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
13  She was tired from standing on her feet all morning and irritable because Mrs. Merriwether had scolded her sharply for sitting on a soldier's bed while she dressed his wounded arm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
14  And I hear the darkies coming home across the fields at dusk, tired and singing and ready for supper, and the sound of the windlass as the bucket goes down into the cool well.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
15  The army, driven back into Virginia, went into winter quarters on the Rapidan--a tired, depleted army since the defeat at Gettysburg-- and as the Christmas season approached, Ashley came home on furlough.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it.
2  My legs were tired after so much walking.
3  The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.
4  I am not proud, also not commit tomfoolery, is tired of all depend on.
5  I'm too tired to argue it out with you now.
6  Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
7  Bunbury flopped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet.
8  It's normal to feel tired after such a long trip.
9  Michael is tired and he has to rest after his long trip.
10  If you get tired one day, you will see my smile as long as you turn around.
11  She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.
12  I'm so tired I could sleep for a week.
13  There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.
14  The tired worker fell back on the bed and at once fell asleep.
15  I'm quite tired but I can certainly walk a little further.