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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Dead tired" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone who is extremely fatigued or exhausted. Example: "After working a double shift, I was dead tired and fell asleep as soon as I got home."
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Dead tired
adjective
Very tired; completely exhausted.
Exact(51)
Dead tired, I must have drifted off.
He's dead tired".
But he was dead tired".
We were all sweaty, dead tired.
In the corner Roach told Postol: "He is dead tired.
Maloney concluded that Brendl was dead tired, and Brendl agreed.
"My head hurts, and I'm constantly dead tired," said Niloufar Mohammadi, a university student.
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We learn how to run on dead-tired legs.
This unpleasant film was a kind of counterstrike against the music press, recording scores of pointless interviews with dead-tired members of the band.
Ms. Didion thought he was making a joke about being dead-tired after their difficult day, but he was having a fatal heart attack.
Four rupees and fifty paise!" In the evening, dead-tired from the heat, he got on to the 34B bus with his red bag and fold-up stool.
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