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Discover LudwigThe word "dog-tired" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe someone who is extremely tired or exhausted. Example: "After working a double shift, I was completely dog-tired and fell asleep as soon as I got home." Alternatives include "exhausted" or "fatigued."
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Dog-tired
adjective
Exhausted.
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It is a contest that was designed to reward supreme stamina and fortitude, but at the same time nobody wants to see just a handful, or less, slogging home in super slow-mo, the rest pulled up dog-tired.
Go Fetch Run really does offer a total body workout, and if you push yourself, you'll likely leave feeling, well, dog-tired.
After arriving in Amsterdam dog-tired on a bus from Brussels due to an absurd 24-hour Belgian train strike, I steeled myself to stay up until 3 a.m. to begin watching the first presidential debate on CNBC.
Or, even worse, a "successful" lawyer at a big firm making his half million as he grinds away 70 hours a week and comes home every night dog-tired and depressed.
"I'm so dog-tired.
They reach their evening mooring, dog-tired and ravenously hungry.
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I'm dog tired.
Yes, I am dog tired.
Everyone was "dog tired," he said.
"They were dog tired," he said.
He's been up for two days and is dog tired.
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