Aweary
wearied or tired; fatigued.
historical examples
he said, “i am aweary, aweary, i wish these flies were dead.”
punchinello, vol. 1, no. 11, june 11, 1870 various
i am aweary, good strangers, i pray you lead me to her grave.
a tramp abroad, complete mark twain (samuel clemens)
i am aweary of these borrowed letters, –borrowed love-makings!
cyrano de bergerac edmond rostand
he was aweary, he said, and indeed he looked it; but he would not alight.
a connecticut yankee in king arthur’s court, complete mark twain (samuel clemens)
he was aweary of the business of his kingdom, and wished only to end his days quietly near his three daughters.
beautiful stories from shakespeare e. nesbit
“well, but i am not aweary, and have no aventures to tell,” milly makes answer.
joyce morrell’s harvest emily sarah holt
we are aweary now, and would fain return to our comrades on the sh-r-, but we will return by and by.
alfgar the dane or the second chronicle of aescendune a. d. crake
i am most sad and most aweary of this routine of state, unrestful splendor.
virginia, a tragedy marion forster gilmore
it is all picturesque enough; but the fact is, we are aweary.
essays of travel robert louis stevenson
i often think of that speech of macbeth’s, “i ‘gin to be aweary of the sun.”
phantom fortune, a novel m. e. braddon
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