boredom
Example Sentences
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Millions of brokerage accounts were opened in 2020 and 2021, largely by young men, in a perfect storm of commission-free trading, boredom, stimulus checks and face-ripping volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
With precision and care, the author elegantly chronicles his own shame, envy, boredom, regret and despair, illuminating his experiences with insights from philosophy, psychology, ethnography and history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
It will be the culmination of 11 days of competition which have included controversy, drama and intrigue... as well as the odd bout of boredom.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Many people order due to “stress, boredom or fatigue,” he said, but generally, delivery should be considered a treat.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
They slung back their heads in slit-eyed boredom while they did each other’s hair into starbursts of astonished spikes.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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