bored

Example Sentences

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"I just got bored and wanted something to do," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Maybe one could surmise that people have gotten tired of heated discourse, that they’re bored by arguing.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

“I get bored reading sports memoirs and biographies. It’s a timeline of events and it’s kind of like ‘OK, I watched that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill are down around 33% over the past 12 months, after consumers got bored of the fast-casual industry’s high-priced “slop bowls” last year.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

The theft of the Mona Lisa—the art heist of the century—was discovered because Louis Béroud got bored.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day