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tired English

Meaning tired meaning

What does tired mean?
Definitions in simple English

tired

If you feel tired, you have no energy and you need a rest. After walking for 15km, I was so tired, that I couldn't take another step.

tired

depleted of strength or energy tired mothers with crying babies too tired to eat (= commonplace, hackneyed, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse bromidic sermons his remarks were trite and commonplace hackneyed phrases a stock answer repeating threadbare jokes parroting some timeworn axiom the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'

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Simple sentences

I'm tired.
You must be tired after such a long trip.
I'm tired now.
I'm feeling sort of tired.
They were very tired, hungry, and thirsty that night.
I'm not at all tired.
This hard work has made me very tired.
You look very tired. You must have been working too hard.
I am too tired to run.
It was obvious to everybody that he was tired.
He was too tired to go any farther.
He was so tired that he could hardly stand.
I slept a little during lunch break because I was so tired.
The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
I'm tired of eating fast food.
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Teachers must get tired of rectifying the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.
You are tired, and so am I.
You are tired, aren't you?

Movie subtitles

Got tired of bleach-blond nurses and gunshot wounds, huh?
I'm tired, too.
I know, I'm just too tired.
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
I'm sick and tired of it.
Am I the only one getting tired of this dude ruining my life?
Too tired. Jet lag.
Sorry, too tired.
Mummy's quite tired, she won't wake up.
You're so tired because you don't actually sleep on a AL retreat.
I'm sick and tired of following you and not really knowing why.
I'm getting tired of hearing that.
A tired guest.
Not too tired?
I am so tired, so tired.
We're waiting on you. -I'm tired.
Are you tired?
You make me so tired!
I'm tired of this! Fi!
Oh, I'm tired. I think I'll go to my wagon.
I'm really tired, Mr. Thorpe.
I'm tired of doing nothing.
Well, Countess, I'm very tired.
You look so tired.
He's probably very tired.
You're tired, right?
I think it's in your purse. I know, I'm just too tired.
Well, Miss Rumfort, you seem tired today.
I'm tired of the same old excuse!
You're tired, dear.
And another thing, young lady, I'm quite tired of your sitting out on the beach. all hours of the night.
I'm tired of feeding ya for nothing.
Doesn't your elbow ever get tired?
Guess you're pretty tired yourself.
Machines are great things. They never get tired.

News and current affairs

The crisis has lasted for a long time, and people are tired.
Another tired argument is that Russia's growth is superficial and not generated by investment.
Was he tired of being forced to perform to amuse the crowds?
He authored pamphlets on the reconciliation of Christianity and democracy, which Allied bombers dropped over Europe, and he never tired of stressing that the Christian origins of America's flourishing democracy had influenced him.
Empires can impose order and stability for a long time; but imperialists - rather like many Americans today - become tired, and their subjects grow restless.
Constitutional pacifism was part of the postwar order imposed by the United States during occupation and largely supported by the Japanese people, who were tired of war.
Finally, younger Iranians are tired of Iran's international isolation.
Taxpayers and governments alike are tired of bailing out creditors for fear of the destructive contagious effects of failure - even as bailouts encourage excessive risk taking.
The same skeptics repeat their tired opposition without reference to a decade of evidence.
The country has tired of the popular but unreliable caudillo.
Despite initial progress, eradication programs crumbled as donors, governments, and populations grew tired and turned their attention elsewhere, allowing malaria to resurge to devastating levels.
But, although new talks are underway, the international community is, not surprisingly, tired of dealing with the issue.
People get sick and tired of looking at the same faces in power, become disillusioned with politics, and demand change.
For Russians tired of Boris Yeltsin long ago.
Both major political parties look tired, and at the same time as if they are competing to imitate each other.
Though America currently remains intent on resurrecting a tired growth model, there is good reason to hope that it, too, will eventually rebalance.
In this context, Europe may be a tired, aging, and depressed continent, but, as its luxury and aeronautics industries attest, it would be premature to bury it.
Europe's citizens are tired of these recurrent discussions - since 1995, there have been treaties of Amsterdam, Nice, Rome, and Lisbon, none of which has entirely succeeded.
Europeans may be too tired and divided to play a significant role in world politics, which could have dire consequences for Europe in this time of global realignment.
Mr. Lagos, in turn, should avoid the nostalgic and tired views that dominated the first part of his campaign and pursue, with vigor, the type of modernizing economic reforms that his new and young inner circle support.
In the process, a dramatic reshuffling greatly raises productivity as established and tired organizations break up.

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