Sentence examples for makes the tired from inspiring English sources

David makes the tired old jibe about the luxury of "principle without power".

Re "Hanukkah, Rekindled" (Op-Ed, Dec. 1): Bravely following in the footsteps of all the bubble-bursters over the years who have sought to reduce the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah to a mere "seasonal festival of light in search of a pretext," Howard Jacobson eloquently makes the tired case.

Lindzen makes the tired and debunked claim that predictions of warming haven't been accurate.

In their dealings with each other, through intermediaries and solicitors, Murphy and Stark were irritable, defensive, not always logical, making the tired swipes of boxers late in a fight.

Tim Pawlenty was one of several making the tired-and-empty argument that more tax cutting would "get the economy moving".

Mr. King has been making the same tired "extremist" charges about the Islamic Center since early 2004, but has never produced one shred of substantive evidence to support them.

Many Latinos voiced concerns that the show will make the same tired, cheesy and offensive jokes about piñatas, immigration and spicy foods.

We've made the same tired resolutions -- more exercise, more time set aside for meditation, a better diet -- and we have failed and failed mightily.

"You know," the aide replied, "I've been trying to figure the guy out for about six years now and I honestly think that while the stuff that goes on here makes the rest of us tired, angry and cynical, it just makes him that much more determined to find a way to fix it.

A recent piece in The Atlantic pointed out that "what makes the persistence of these tired and inaccurate images even worse is that we're living in an era of brilliant book design (including this lovely, type-only cover for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah)." But this trend doesn't only affect books about Africa.

Music makes the idea a little less tired.