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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.
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Swastika
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Zelda Fitzgerald
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Elizabeth II
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Ronald Reagan
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Harvey Milk
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Glasses
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