monotony
Example Sentences
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Monotony and boredom can be a threat to any expedition’s well-being, as Jack Stuster documented with the Belgica.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015
Monotony was the rule for 23 hours a day.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2012
Monotony, though, took a backseat to intensity when the new players jumped in.
From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2011
It was an international six-day race, for Distance against Time, for Money against Monotony.
From Time Magazine Archive
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All through the tepid Summer night The starless sky had poured a cool Monotony of pleasant rain In music beautiful.
From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.
Vocabulary lists containing monotony
The Things They Carried
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The Alchemist
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The Stranger
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