bored
wearied by dullness or sameness (often followed by with,of, or by): This activity will keep bored children entertained on those long summer days.She's bored with the color of her room and has decided to paint it.I never seem to get bored of this game.
the simple past tense and past participle of bore1.
Origin of bored
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How to use bored in a sentence
This coming from a member of the elite Exum Mountain Guides, a grizzled alpinist who has spent decades in the Greater Ranges—the astonishingly epic landscapes that you’d assume would render relatively dinky Western deciduous forests boring.
I decided that retirement was boring and have joined the Developer Division at Microsoft.
Python creator Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft | Frederic Lardinois | November 12, 2020 | TechCrunchIt was boring, and the Gators have never won big while being boring.
College football winners and losers for Week 10: Florida is fun again and Georgia is done | Patrick Stevens | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostCommonwealth said in a press release that they hope to demonstrate a 20 Tesla large-bore magnet in 2021.
New Reactor Design Could Produce First Ever Energy-Positive Fusion Reaction | Edd Gent | October 5, 2020 | Singularity HubOtherwise, they simply settle into conflict-free bores where everybody is nice to each other.
Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
Sia and Shia LaBeouf’s Pedophilia Nontroversy Over ‘Elastic Heart’ | Marlow Stern | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI was bored, but I grabbed a red Solo cup, filled it with beer, and stayed with my group, chatting with the brothers about Jim.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was suddenly so bored," he confesses, "I was underworked and overpaid.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"Then I came back to Panama again, sat down at my desk and was bored as hell," he says.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was full of the sorts of people I used to be when I watched him on MuchMusic—bored, greasy-fingered teenagers.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything | Soraya Roberts | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTToward the close of it were the usual number of toasts in honour of Liszt, to which he responded in rather a bored sort of way.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayI'm getting rather bored, you know, Georgie, with the fuss people make in town.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsMoreover, she had never so thoroughly enjoyed being a girl, and love-making would have bored her grievously.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe sound holes may have been traced down and even the upper and lower circular holes bored.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William PetherickFurther, excellent as he was as a strategist and tactician, the details of administration bored him.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
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