wear *****
wear off
wear out
wear down
wear thin

Okay, so maybe the relationship was wearing thin and I just hadn't noticed.

Now though, some of the old assurance was beginning to wear thin.

I am civil toward her, but my patience is wearing thin.

We're eight hours into the journey with 20 to go, but small talk is wearing thin.

It would wear thin, eventually, like the other women always did.

But such behavior appears to be wearing thin with the public.

Patience, though, may be wearing thin in the front office.

Beard's players are beginning to wear thin on him as well.

Sometimes I wonder if my personal resources aren't wearing a little thin.

But the joke is wearing a bit thin with the character.