bored stiff
Example Sentences
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The comedy double act told how they were "bored stiff" by Monty Python in an old university TV station interview, in a two-minute clip unearthed in 2021.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2022
There was nothing to do and I was bored stiff.
From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2015
After years of teaching undergraduate science courses, Jeff realized he was bored stiff with rote curriculum — and if he was bored, what were the students?
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2014
But the element of surprise can also be satisfying: “I got bored stiff with what I was doing in regular pottery class,” Mr. Brown said.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2013
“Let me finish reading it to you. You’re bored stiff with Clematis.”
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
