How to Use boredom in a Sentence

boredom

noun

• On days when few customers came to shop, Bob felt overwhelmed by boredom.
• Some chose to make the best of the boredom, choreographing TikTok dances to fill the time.
  — Frankie Adkins, Wired, 6 Dec. 2021
• Headlee doesn’t blame them for wanting to feel more efficient; boredom can be uncomfortable.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2021
• Job boredom usually can be cured by alternating tasks or changing jobs.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
• With a newfound craze and Americans stuck at home twiddling their thumbs, hard seltzer became a boredom saving grace.
  — Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2021
• The show really takes you to two extremes, utter boredom and the exhilaration of life and death.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
• With long vacation days stretching ahead either at home or at grandma's, stocking up on board games can help keep the winter blues and kid boredom at bay.
  — Lacey Vorrasi-Banis, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2021
• Rather than fantasizing about quitting, spend some time dissecting your boredom and discomfort.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2021
• Stress combined with fatigue, boredom and isolation are very countering to our growth and cognitive development.
  — NBC News, 30 Dec. 2021
• For all the glitz and glamour private jets offer, actually booking one is sometimes a study in boredom and annoyance — with phone calls and emails between middlemen and brokers that can take hours.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2021
• Summary Emotional eating is a common response to various emotional triggers such as stress, boredom, and sadness.
  — Kathleen Daly, Verywell Health, 12 Aug. 2024
• Sometimes the best cure for boredom is leaving the house.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
• Waiting for our flight in the airport, my boyfriend and I snack out of boredom.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2022
• He was drawn into the work of the hospital out of boredom.
  — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 28 June 2023
• As the heat pounds, the girls fend off boredom with the slouchy aimlessness that leads to scrapes and escapes.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023
• Rome is the city to escape from stress, boredom and Parisian melancholy.
  — Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
• This means that the passengers are doomed to deal with their own boredom.
  — Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
• Over that time, Ginny talked about the utter boredom of life in Dolor compared to the rest of the world.
  — Hazlitt, 25 Jan. 2023
• To stave off boredom, Mata would draw on a napkin with a pen.
  — Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2022
• And since there are 634 pieces, there's no chance of boredom ever settling in.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022
• Maybe that eight ball of cocaine was in the White House because without it the staffers would just fall asleep out of sheer boredom.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 21 July 2023
• Dogs have been known to chew on rugs, couches, and more in an effort to relieve boredom.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024
• Sometimes a yawn is a sign of exhaustion and not boredom.
  — Mike Bass Special To The Enquirer Usa Today Network, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
• He’s often closed his eyes in either sleep, boredom or both, and sat with his arms crossed.
  — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 May 2024
• Slater explains that the first 24 minutes of the movie were mixed in mono to reflect Ellie’s boredom with her life.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2022
• Nudy tells me that his first rap came from boredom in the studio, with a friend who took so long to finish a song that Nudy fell asleep.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• On the one hand, screens have reduced boredom; there’s always something to see, read or watch.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2022
• Watching grass grow has long been a synonym for boredom.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• Replace the habit Your child's nose-picking could stem from boredom or may just fulfill a need to keep busy.
  — Amanda Rock, Parents, 30 July 2024
• By summer 2021, in a fit of pandemic boredom, Auerbach opened the Dropbox of the Arcs’ old songs.
  — Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024