| Characters thus afflicted may be realistic but they are also tiresomely predictable in their cravenness. |
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| Alas, it is becoming as tiresomely cliched as all the others, with its share of scheming women. |
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| Robert Coles's sketch about his fifth-grade teacher is tiresomely didactic. |
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| It is as tiresomely literal as having a person fall at the feet of another to indicate they're about to romantically fall at their feet. |
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| The same attitudes are tiresomely evident in the editorial and letters columns of Oklahoma's largest newspaper. |
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| And loyal friends in useful places are welcome, even if they are small, weak and tiresomely keen on actually visiting their big ally. |
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| Because it is public, it is likely to be nasty, brutish and tiresomely long-winded. |
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| If everyone is imbued with the safety spirit there will be no need to nag or to talk tiresomely about safety. |
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| Even a reader interested in the subject matter and with a taste for the 1930-ish period charm might find the stories tiresomely dated and unreal. |
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| The world hopes for good luck, to be sure of this it tiresomely looks towards the stars, seeking magical solutions to the painful efforts of daily life. |
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