bored

Example Sentences

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“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

If those Lakers — combustible and bored but built better than every other team on the planet at the time — could turn the triple play, so can Roberts’ drama-free superteam.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Driven by rumors of Severus’ impending death, some bored soldiers proclaimed one of his brutish sons as their emperor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"I thought like, 'oh, well, hopefully they just get bored and do it to somebody else'," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

On long runs he would become bored and when we least expected it he would reach across the gangline and snort wind into the ear of the dog next to him.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen