as in tiresome
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Adjective
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The giants, led by Goliath, are neat to behold, but Saul’s hallucinations quickly grow tiresome, the least interesting way to show a secure monarch succumbing to paranoia.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025 -
There is also a good deal of tiresome comic business between Modi and his similarly talented but unsuccessful friends, Maurice Utrillo (Bruno Gouery) and Chaim Soutine (Ryan McParland).—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Sorry to state the obvious, but parenting is stressful.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
6 Mar. 2025
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All of these were more common in people with depression, as were sleeplessness, chronic pain, obesity, smoking, loneliness, and stressful life events.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s turn toward promoting IVF raises troubling ethical questions for the ongoing defense of innocent life.—
John Gerardi,
National Review,
2 Mar. 2025
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Nearly two decades later, troubling problems persist at the VA.—
Megan Schrader,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The instruments aboard Firefly's lander include a subsurface drill, an X-ray imager, and an experimental electrodynamic dust shield to test methods of repelling troublesome lunar dust from accumulating on sensitive spacecraft components.—
Kristin Shaw,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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What’s new in season eight is the show’s shift toward depicting phones as active and troublesome disrupters of a relationship that might have otherwise been perfectly fine.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Whether a client hires a single architect to design a house or a team to work on a downtown plan with multiple community stakeholders, the architect-client relationship is rarely one of a painful struggle.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Throughout her childhood, Dee Dee subjected her Gypsy-Rose to years of painful medical procedures that were not needed.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Despite the worrisome trends, there is no sign of an imminent crisis.—
Rob Wile,
NBC News,
22 Feb. 2025
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There is a perhaps more worrisome concern beyond just potentially wasting time and processing cycles.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Seattle needs at least one of these players to blossom into a starting-caliber offensive lineman.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Rams have been trying to trade veteran receiver Cooper Kupp, the 2021 NFL offensive player of the year, who is scheduled to earn about $20 million in salary and bonuses.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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My nose and mouth were full of blood, guts and a deep, upsetting warmth.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Therefore, when something upsetting happens, the children’s schedule still stays intact.—
Jann Blackstone,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Distractive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distractive. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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