How to Use boredom in a Sentence

boredom

noun
  • On days when few customers came to shop, Bob felt overwhelmed by boredom.
  • Just you, your thoughts, and, well, your boredom.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Use these ideas to break up the monotony of the brown bag boredom.
    — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Grab one of these the next time chicken boredom hits.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The toddler across the aisle has just about had it from boredom.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Mostly stuff that would make your eyes glaze over with boredom.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Finding ways to deal with the boredom.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But that doesn’t have to mean boredom for you and your household.
    — Rachel Moskowitz, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Pure boredom did, too, though, so there was a balance to find.
    — Camille Bordas, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Use these workout hacks to push your body past plateaus (and boredom).
    — Adrienne Jordan, GQ, 22 May 2018
  • What is your boredom asking for?
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Try to avoid late-night snacking out of habit, boredom, or stress.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Let that boredom be your breakthrough.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • These questions help map your boredom.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But a workout can kill only so many hours of boredom in a day.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2020
  • There is no time for those who listen only to their boredom.
    — Joyce Mansour, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Each of the apps on my home screen seemed to promise only more boredom.
    — Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2024
  • This means that the passengers are doomed to deal with their own boredom.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • Amanda didn’t like the boredom that is sometimes the life of a goalie.
    — oregonlive, 25 May 2021
  • Even five minutes of boredom is a good start for the youngest children.
    — Margaret Murray, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Did this massive boredom arrive around the same time your boyfriend left?
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Hegel even worried that the world would reach a state of global boredom.
    — Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Who has been such a folk hero of workaday boredom and 9 to 5 drudgery?
    — Taffy Brodesser-Akner, miamiherald, 8 Feb. 2018
  • So Fox cued up a clip of herself on screen, much to the child’s boredom.
    — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Anything to fight the boredom and fill the ride, fill our lives, with details.
    — Boots Riley, HWD, 2 July 2018
  • That deep feeling often shows up as boredom.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Puzzle toys and long walks are just two ways to keep your pets happy and ward off boredom.
    — Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Ilett says the wager largely stemmed from boredom.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s to boredom, to wrong turns, to fruitful friction.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • To keep from going crazy with boredom, be sure to take a phone, tablet or laptop with you.
    — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 3 Apr. 2021

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