monotonous

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

I used to feel that time spent devoted to improving your body was fruitless or monotonous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 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

To outsiders, and even to his family back home, Pan's life might seem unbearably monotonous.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

It’s silent, no voices of children; only the monotonous cawing of a crow, and behind it the sea sound of distant traffic.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood