tedious

Example Sentences

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One fluorescent dancing man is a party, but a room full of them grows tedious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

They say it was tedious work that made them disciplined, punctual and appreciative of the value of a hard-earned dollar.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Every time I needed a single ingredient, I had to shuffle through a stack of identical, unlabeled bins, opening and closing them like a particularly tedious shell game.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Among the many tedious features of market panics is the well-known cognitive error of catastrophizing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

And that afternoon playing bezique with Mrs. Van Hopper was not so tedious as it might have been, though my courage failed me and I said nothing of my morning.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier