boredom

Example Sentences

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The result was Pinkerton, a gnarly, bruised album that tapped into Cuomo's loneliness, boredom and anger.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

With precision and care, the author elegantly chronicles his own shame, envy, boredom, regret and despair, illuminating his experiences with insights from philosophy, psychology, ethnography and history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Envy, boredom and other unpleasant emotions have value that can be too easily overlooked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

He hopes “A World Appears” encourages others to do the same: to observe what’s going on inside of them a little more, and when boredom, inevitably, creeps in to, perhaps, do nothing about it all.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

His voice carried with a minimum of vitality, as though he had come over to speak to Lane out of boredom or restiveness, not for any sort of human discourse.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger