boresome
Example Sentences
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It is trying so hard to maintain its reputation for this gift, that sooner or later, it becomes obnoxious and boresome: How do you get that way?
From Time Magazine Archive
Sinclair Lewis, one of his early targets, called him "a tedious and egotistical fool . . . a pompous and boresome liar."
From Time Magazine Archive
In Denver, socially boresome classmates formerly referred to as "creeps" are now called "meals"; a "sizzle" is a general term describing anyone from a creep to a showoff.
From Time Magazine Archive
They sit torpidly through classes and wonder why the professors are so boresome.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he thought that the explanation of some invention would be boresome, he put a little note at the foot of the page.
From Astounding Stories, August, 1931 by Various
