bored
Example Sentences
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Today we have lost the capacity to be bored.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
I’m pleasantly surprised by what I’m listening to instead of frustrated and bored.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
"I'm bored out of my mind," one journalist told AFP, declining to be named.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 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
Kermit was bored from being in bed all day, so the minute I got home from school, he started hollering for me.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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