Which preposition to use with tired
Afterward we sat and smoked awhile, resuming our walk only when we were tired of inaction.
As one soon tires of preaching to the winds, the Brahmin contented himself with asking his new acquaintance to think more on the subject at his leisure; and we proceeded on our walk.
The men had rolled themselves in their blankets, tired with the long day.
I hunted sheep, fished, wandered aboutalways with an escort tired to death before he started.
I suppose you're pretty tired after your long journey?" "I am rather weary, General, that's a fact, as I have been in the saddle since yesterday morning;" was my reply, "but my horse is more tired than I am, and needs attention full as much if not more," I added.
At last, however, tired from her days of work in Ekenge and Ifako, she fell asleep and did not wake up until she came back to Creek Town.
He could run well for a small boy, but he got tired at last and sat down to rest.
Said he: "I wish, Bill, that you were not so tired by your chase of to-day, for you know the country better than the rest of the boys, and I am certain that you could go through.
She had never felt tired in Barbadoes.
All being so new and strange to 'em, they was tired as tired could be.
This comes of his packet-training, I suppose, and we may thank you for some portion of his merit, His tongue never tires in your praises, and did I not feel persuaded that your mind is made up never to be the wife of any republican American, I should fear this visit exceedingly.
It is warm, cloudy, and looks like a tempest; we are too tired for much effort.
Shadwell, The Virtuoso (1676), Act iii, mentions 'Tires for the head, locks, tours, frouzes, and so forth'.
Ten years ago practically all the rubber that we imported went into boots, shoes, hose, belting, and kindred products, The introduction of rubber tires on horse-drawn vehicles only drew slightly on the supply.
Now, if this here old craft was an automobile, how much would I have to pay for tires with a blow-out every minute, huh?"
I was too selfish to offer the half of a short seat, and too tired to reason about the man's being, possibly, more tired than I. "I was invariably offered the seat near the window that I might lean against the side of the car, and one gentleman threw his shawl across my knees to keep me warm (I was suffering with heat at the time!).
But we tire at last of these exotics.
I never tired on Sunday, and was in condition to leave the sermon at home, if I chose, and preach it extempore, as all men should do always.
This band may be put in in pieces, and the expedient appears to be the best way of repairing a worn tire; but particular care must be taken to attach these pieces very securely to the tire by rivets, else in the rapid revolution of the wheel the steel may be thrown out by the centrifugal force.
"Nay, good brother," said he, "we will ride fast, and thou wilt tire to death at the pace.
V. weary; tire &c (fatigue) 688; bore; bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's skull, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one's patience, tire out of all patience; set to sleep, send to sleep; buttonhole. pall, sicken, nauseate, disgust.
This man was tired unto death, if ever man were tired.
The little high-power bullet struck and blew the tire off the wheel.
No excuse for being dirty and always tired like that.
In short, I find that I am generally tired before the children; instead of having to apply any magisterial severity, they are petitioning to learn; and this mode of teaching possesses an advantage over every other, because it does not interfere with any religious opinion, there being no body of Christians that I know, or ever heard of, who would object to the facts recorded in the Bible, being thus elucidated by pictures.