Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wearing
IPA transcription: [w'ɛɹɪŋ]
Pronunciations of wearing
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying
    Meaning: producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"
Usage examples
  • They were wearing it that day to Constance.
  • I was wearing black then; many things made me unhappy that night.”
  • Why these dress togs?" He himself was wearing an old shooting-jacket.
  • He returned to England wearing the Khedive's medal and the honorary title of Major.
  • Grim soon sees that this pace is wearing out her strength, and pauses for a moment.
  • Minna came in, wearing a cook's apron, and asked if her mother had rung for her yet.
  • "Your place is where you were born-in a fine house and wearing clothes like other people.
  • I was relieved when I saw one of the riders wearing a bandage round his head; it must be Griswold.
  • "Have you ever known me to catch cold through wearing thin clothes or going without a hat?" I asked.
  • "He was to blame in wearing away his youth in contemplation with the end of poetizing in his manhood.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Swastika, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Zelda Fitzgerald, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Elizabeth II, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ronald Reagan, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Harvey Milk, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Glasses, License CC BY-SA 4.0