boring

Example Sentences

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But investors in boring stocks and bonds can console themselves that they didn’t pin their hopes to the asset of the future: Bitcoin has now lost nearly half of its value since October.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The California electorate has typically favored experience over youth, and favored bland and boring over razzle and dazzle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“Gimme Shelter” just underlays Melania Trump sitting on a plane, a boring scene that gains no urgency from the song.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

"Frankly, I thought they started to get very boring."

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

“Perfection? But perfection is boring and forgettable. It’s the imperfections that I find interesting.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin