bored stiff

Example Sentences

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Tetyana was reluctant to send Sasha back, but the teenager was bored stiff after seven months in their village, so on 3 September she dropped him off in Kupyansk.

From BBC • May 30, 2023

There was nothing to do and I was bored stiff.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2015

After years of teaching undergraduate science courses, Jeff realized he was bored stiff with rote curriculum — and if he was bored, what were the students?

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2014

But the element of surprise can also be satisfying: “I got bored stiff with what I was doing in regular pottery class,” Mr. Brown said.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2013

Jem, Dill, and she would have been bored stiff had not Reverend Moorehead possessed a singular talent for fascinating children.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee