bored stiff
Example Sentences
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Morecambe and Wise have told how they were "bored stiff" by cult comics Monty Python in a newly discovered TV interview.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2021
There was nothing to do and I was bored stiff.
From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2015
Similarly, doubt has been cast on Dylan’s statements because of her affect in some of the recordings made of her as a child—she’s said to seem uninterested and bored, stiff, coached.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2014
He then headed into a classroom where a dozen students hunched and slouched at their desks, looking bored stiff already.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2013
Jem, Dill, and she would have been bored stiff had not Reverend Moorehead possessed a singular talent for fascinating children.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
