boredom
Example Sentences
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Powell puts the behaviour down to young people "wanting connection, social media, boredom, lack of resources and an age-old game of kids acting-up".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The strategist, who is also the founder of digital-news upstart the Bulwark, is collecting clues: A raised eyebrow or a look of deep boredom are as revealing as a participant’s stated opinions, in her experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
They’ve become monuments to corporate greed — zones of atrophy, boredom and total disempowerment.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Also, I am afraid your columns do not sufficiently extol the value of work, which Voltaire rightly claimed protects us from the evils of boredom, vice, and poverty.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
We both appreciate simplicity, and if we are sometimes bored—well, boredom is a pleasing antidote to fear.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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