monotonous

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They’re spread throughout practice to break the monotonous nature of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Slowly the camera pulls back to reveal an interior window, and then the back of a man’s head in silhouette, as our protagonist watches the monotonous procession.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Set in a dour factory, “Metropolis” is “the grandfather of all ‘beat the worker down with monotonous, repetitive labor, totally unrecognized by management’ movies,” says Mankiewicz of TCM.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

That’s enough to cycle in three or four dinners over the course of a quarter — plenty to be useful, but not so much that it becomes monotonous.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

Perhaps she would not have thought about William so much had there been anything else to break the long monotonous stretch from Saturday to Saturday.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare