bored
Example Sentences
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"I was bored sometimes, and that's okay," West recalled one recent evening at a city community garden where detox participants met to share their struggles and joys of disconnecting.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
I’m pleasantly surprised by what I’m listening to instead of frustrated and bored.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
"I was thinking right then, she's going to be bored and lonely, there should be something on YouTube for Luna," says Carano, a pilot who now lives in Bologna, Italy.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
But exercise bored Folan—until she read about yoga and was enticed by its spiritual dimension: the potential to tone one’s inner life, too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
“I’m just not so sure anymore. She could be bored in Peace. Or exhausted in Progress. Overwhelmed in Pleasure!”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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