boredom

Example Sentences

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But its humor is rooted in that hazy 1970s sense of drift, when boredom and isolation start to blur together and nothing feels especially urgent, even when it probably should.

From Los Angeles Times

Then a prison boredom—which I soon learned to fear above all else— settled over the cell.

From Literature

To alleviate the boredom we give the dogs large beef bones to chew and play with.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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