bore

Example Sentences

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However, they are typically more expensive and less commonly used, as they require either a deep bore hole or a horizontal system dug into the ground over a large area.

From BBC

The first of two boring machines was switched on by Rail Minister Lord Hendy and Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Prime Minister, at Old Oak Common on Tuesday.

From BBC

“The power of compounded dividends is extraordinary, boring as all get out, but an extraordinary way to build wealth,” over time, Bernstein said.

From MarketWatch

But the threat against him never vanished, and the animosity some bore him remained.

From Barron's

He was telling me not to do something that I then went and did, which is to become a kind of quotidian, realist, boring writer.

From The Wall Street Journal