bore
Example Sentences
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Amnesty International said Mohammadi was forced to make a confession “in fast-tracked proceedings that bore no resemblance to a meaningful trial.”
Driven by rumors of Severus’ impending death, some bored soldiers proclaimed one of his brutish sons as their emperor.
"It feels like a game that, for the right player, could be played for thousands of hours without getting bored," he wrote.
From BBC
Built-in bookshelves ran along this false wall, old, sagging shelves whose blistered wood bore the same water stains as the wall behind them.
From Literature
He’s understood in Ireland as a canny political operator who led his boring center-right party, Fianna Fáil, back to power after a decade in the wilderness.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
