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monotony

[muh-not-n-ee] / məˈnɒt n i /


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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

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.




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