How to Use bored in a Sentence

bored

adjective

• Our servers were on edge from making no money; the cooks were bored.
  — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
• Laying down boundaries with a work-at-home spouse may be easy, but a bored child?
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 19 Mar. 2020
• At the few open shops, bored staff members watched movies on their phones, slept or paced aimlessly.
  — Rachel Cheung, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2020
• Some of the crypto jokes are dated, but that’s preferable to bored apes still being in the news.
  — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
• Having had the same fights for decades, these older couples are quite bored at the prospect of another round.
  — Anne Fishel, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2020
• There are treat-dispensing toys that require your pup to solve a puzzle first, to keep them from getting bored.
  — Elizabeth Sheldon, Country Living, 15 Apr. 2020
• For a person to function normally—i.e. not be bored—both of these abilities must be intact.
  — Michael Waters, Wired, 31 Mar. 2020
• The hardest thing has been realizing how quickly two year olds get bored with activities.
  — Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2020
• Experienced DJs can tell when people are bored or there is low energy.
  — Baruch Labunski, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• In this era of self-isolation and social distancing because of the coronavirus, people get bored.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2020
• Working on homeschooling, crafts, binge watching TV shows, and just really bored.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 13 Feb. 2020
• But the diplomatic families quickly grew bored—and some took special pleasure in complaining.
  — Harvey Solomon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2020
• People with a high requirement for such stimulation tend to get bored easily and to seek out external input.
  — Cindi May, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
• So the creative folks here at Car and Driver have pulled together a few resources to help weary parents and bored car lovers out in this moment.
  — Sharon Carty, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2020
• This phrase usually refers to a point in a relationship where one or both partners start to become bored or dissatisfied in the relationship.
  — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 20 Feb. 2020
• The survey shows that people are struggling with the lack of freedom, fresh air, exercise, and social activities, and that some report being bored and lonely.
  — Luiz Romero, Quartz, 31 Mar. 2020
• Maynard was very bored, and just peeked through the door.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2022
• Both the Cataract and the shops that sprang up around it served as an amusement park for the rich and bored.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 28 June 2022
• When even the host seems bored, a little chaos can go a long way.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• Four year old Prince Charles looked bored throughout the event.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 23 July 2022
• There wasn’t a bored face in the crowd at the recent painting session.
  — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
• At times, the crowd grew restless and bored, and some left early.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
• In other words, the brand suffered the fate of every fad: The cool kids grew bored with it.
  — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• There have to be others in your group who are just as bored and fed up as you.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2021
• Lean Into The Boredom Be bored and put your phone away.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Team after good team slaps the Heat around and the Heat attitude is a bored yawn.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
• Fourteen percent had run out of things to watch and one in 10 were just plain bored.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2020
• After all, in March 2020, many of us felt lonely and bored.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 19 June 2021
• The men are blithe or harried or roguish, and the women seem so bored!
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021
• My hands are bored, my heart’s worn out, to say nothing about how my legs feel.
  — Marshall Yarbrough, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024