Meaning of dog-weary | Babel Free

Definitions

Extremely weary.

Examples

“O master, master, I have⟳ watched so long / That I am dog-weary, but at last⟳ I spied […]”

“"He is a very dog to the community", and I am grown quite "dog-weary" of hearing of his fame.”

“Many hours later the raiders were still retreating before the squadron from Mia Khan Killa: they had lost heavily, with no gain⟳ to show⟳, and their leader would have⟳ a nasty time at the "rendezvous" in the morning: all were dog-weary, and perhaps they moved with less precaution than usual: the meeting-place was near water, of course, but there was no absolute reason⟳ why they should all be around it at the same time, and of all bad times for carelessness just when day was lighting up the valleys: there was a lot of weary talk⟳ about a new leader, accompanied by a considerable amount of cursing the old one—although they did not know⟳ it he had already paid the price, he was the last⟳ man shot in the tower.”

“While at times he is dog weary, at other times he is dog tired and often Dog-gone.”

“Was it the child for whom he had longed or was it the woman herself who had turned him into this hagged, heavy-eyed, dog-weary man who could not rest⟳ until they were returned to him?”

“Tracy was flagging. She had read⟳ somewhere that shops and museums were the most tiring places for people. The kid looked dog-weary.”

“Diana, dog-weary, flopped and fell asleep under the ancient arch, but Ommony walked to the tool-house and interrupted Jannath's meditations.”

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