bored

Example Sentences

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Sometimes they get bored, because I will keep choosing to do this, but I don’t care, because it is a movie theater that I love.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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

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 get very bored if I don’t have big problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Kermit was bored from being in bed all day, so the minute I got home from school, he started hollering for me.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm