TIRE in a Sentence

Learn TIRE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

274 example sentences for TIRE, such as:

1. I feel quite tired today.
2. I'm so tired I can't focus today.
3. I'm so tired I could sleep for a week.
4. But I knowed I could tire him out at that.
5. Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish.

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 Meanings and Examples of TIRE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tire
 n.  hoop that covers a wheel
 v.  cause to be bored
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And however far off that may be, I will never tire of trying.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
2  And here are Crabbe's Tales, and the Idler, at hand to relieve you, if you tire of your great book.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  They talked of William, a subject on which Mrs. Price could never tire; and Mr. Crawford was as warm in his commendation as even her heart could wish.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
4  This long letter, full of my own concerns alone, will be enough to tire even the friendship of a Fanny.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
5  He was a patentee of the Openshaw unbreakable tire, and his business met with such success that he was able to sell it and to retire upon a handsome competence.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
6  Then there were a few footmarks, and the tire reappeared once more.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
7  The tracks of the tire began to curve fantastically upon the wet and shining path.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
8  One is the bicycle with the Palmer tire, and we see what that has led to.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9  Holmes struck a match and held it to the back wheel, and I heard him chuckle as the light fell upon a patched Dunlop tire.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
10  She tried to follow me everywhere, and on my next journey out and about it went to my heart to tire her down, and leave her at last, exhausted and calling after me rather plaintively.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
11  "Fresh air won't tire me," said the young Rajah.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
12  Oh, well, that's all right, because a dream does tire a body like everything sometimes.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV.
13  But I knowed I could tire him out at that.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI.
14  We didn't give it right up, but stayed with them as long as we could; because we allowed we'd tire them out or they'd got to tire us out, and they done it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX.
15  His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
Example Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
16  If you get tired one day, you will see my smile as long as you turn around.
17  She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.
18  I'm so tired I could sleep for a week.
19  There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.
20  The tired worker fell back on the bed and at once fell asleep.
21  I'm quite tired but I can certainly walk a little further.
22  When I'm tired, I like to relax into a deep armchair.
23  I feel quite tired today.
24  Dream most deep place, only then the smile is not tired.
25  His yawns suggested he was either tired or bored.
26  One can't enjoy oneself if one is too tired.
27  Heart gets cold and love gets tired,it's inevitable when you experience love.
28  They may feel tired and though outwardly calm, can be irritable.
29  Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish.
30  I'm so tired I can't focus today.