sick and tired

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Recent Examples of sick and tired It’s been a bit, and after a successful defense, Dr. Allen is somehow not sick and tired of robots and answered a bunch of our questions about quadrotors, swords, and why mixing them is such a great idea. IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2016 There’s hope on the horizon for those sick and tired of Alabama’s extreme cold snap. Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Dec. 2022 And, basically, people are sick and tired of it. Scott Gottlieb, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022 Robinson, for one, was sick and tired of losing. Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022 See All Example Sentences for sick and tired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick and tired
Adjective
  • While infants and toddlers between the ages of 0 to 2 years are more likely to experience a stuffy nose, cough, poor appetite, fussiness, and sleep problems, children between the ages of 3 to 5 years mainly complain of sleepiness, feeling tired during daytime, low energy and dry cough.
    Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • Family members said Jacobs had talked about feeling tired, but not about wanting to take his own life.
    Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Voters would smell that and, anyway, Harris would be miserably bored in the state Capitol dealing with budget minutiae and relatively inexperienced legislative leaders.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
  • RuPaul wants a Drag Superstar, not an ordinary girl who gets lazy and gets bored.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Dozens of Cuban detainees being held at the Krome detention center launched a protest Thursday morning inside the immigration facility in southwest Miami-Dade, saying they are fed up with prolonged detention.
    Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • New Yorkers are fed up with stubbornly high crime, soaring rents, and mediocre schools.
    Whitney Tilson, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Each year, about 48 million people in the U.S. get sick with foodborne illnesses, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Stephanie Armour, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
  • The best defense remains up-to-date vaccination, testing when symptomatic, masking in crowded indoor spaces, and staying home when sick.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025

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