How to Use monotonous in a Sentence

monotonous

adjective
  • But a man who came out of nowhere rewrote the monotonous script this year.
    — Mario J. Pentón, miamiherald, 8 May 2017
  • On the hunt for a recipe to break you out of your monotonous meal routine?
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2026
  • On the hunt for a recipe to break you out of your monotonous meal routine?
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2025
  • On the hunt for a recipe to break you out of your monotonous meal routine?
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
  • But, for those of us lucky enough to be safe and healthy, the days can still feel very monotonous.
    — Mika Brzezinski, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2020
  • With monotonous straight lines as far as the eye can see, there's nowhere pleasant to rest your gaze.
    — Arnold J. Wilkins, CNN, 8 June 2017
  • Working out can feel futile at first and monotonous once it has been done for a while.
    — Megan Oster, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Spring break is a good time to change up routines that are getting monotonous.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The collapse trigged a monotonous growl that kept going for nine days straight.
    — Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Grit is doing monotonous things over and over and over again, and Spencer is all about that.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Night cruising is calm and monotonous, a true test of patience.
    — Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
  • My least favorite part, hands down, are the monotonous tasks, such as making the same bag over and over again.
    — Allison Carey, cleveland.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Steph believed that the monotonous work of form shooting would take him to the next level.
    — Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Every actor would love to take an arc, not just stay monotonous throughout the piece.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The fun bus rides and visits to new cities can also become monotonous.
    — Eli Lederman, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2021
  • A lot of therapy, a lot of workouts, a lot of monotonous stuff.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Will this be the year that the Emmys stop being so monotonous?
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Slogging along on the treadmill can feel monotonous, which may lead you to feeling wiped out faster.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The engine note is a letdown, too, monotonous and mumbling even at full load.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The drumming went on for an hour, for two hours, monotonous and getting louder.
    — Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
  • This, too, is where savagery lurks—in tedious, monotonous tasks.
    — Seema Jilani august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
  • That’s your first clue that Ohio is nothing like a flat, monotonous cornfield.
    — Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 2 July 2021
  • But for people who are used to the change of scenery that comes with a run on land, this workout might seem boring or monotonous.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 28 July 2023
  • Her trick for making a scheme feel consistent but not monotonous?
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • With his children on a school break, the journey was a welcome respite from monotonous hotel life.
    — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Gallus thought the awards would make a monotonous task feel a bit more like a game by adding an element of fun and praise for a job well done.
    — Katy Milkman, Wired, 4 May 2021
  • They’re spread throughout practice to break the monotonous nature of it.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Its flavor is monotonous and the spinach is oily, regardless of the answer.
    — Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
  • The result is a style that looks harmonious but is anything but monotonous.
    — Jana Ackermann, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The lyrics are about a couple that is in a relationship that has become more of a habit, that is monotonous.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023

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