bored

Example Sentences

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It even gave bored fingers little air bubbles to pop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

I think people will be very bored with screen time in 20 years, so we will have moved back to fishing, reading books, gardening, playing real guitars and pianos, taking walks, and enjoying family cookouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

If those Lakers — combustible and bored but built better than every other team on the planet at the time — could turn the triple play, so can Roberts’ drama-free superteam.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill are down around 33% over the past 12 months, after consumers got bored of the fast-casual industry’s high-priced “slop bowls” last year.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

“I am bored and disgusted with him,” he said.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady