monotony

The monotony of the treatment on Freeman’s ankle — hours of it, every day — does not guarantee that healing is happening.

A season of monotony has played out with a numbing sameness on the interior of UCLA’s defensive line.

Determined to keep his mind focused amid the monotony of prison, he picked up a booked called The Art of Photography – considered by some to be a classic of the genre.

Even the word, beginning and ending with similar vowel qualities, evinces monotony.

But the company of Southgate – no punk fan, but curious and keen to break the monotony of their tournament base - was the clincher.