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• Aged
• Matured
• Lost appeal over time
• Weakened
• Became quite tiresome
• Grew tiresome
• Became harder to bear
• Became less appealing
• Became harder to deal with
• Owner hit out and became less convincing
• Became less amusing over time
• Waned, as patience
• Became trite
• Wore thin
• Get gold including valuable rock with the reduced patience that evaporated as the saying goes?