How to Use monotony in a Sentence

monotony

noun

• She hated the monotony of the job.
• The brief storm was a relief from the monotony of the hot summer afternoon.
• One of the few breaks in the monotony was filming proof-of-life videos.
  — Michael Ames, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
• Use these ideas to break up the monotony of the brown bag boredom.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
• Quit our jobs to change up the monotony of our routines.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Nov. 2021
• Still, most of the keepers struggled with the monotony.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
• Break the monotony, change your routine, and spice it up.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
• Riding a bike through a park briefly each day to break the monotony.
  — National Geographic, 29 May 2020
• Pride — and money — will be on the line as the NBA tries to shake up the monotony of the 82-game schedule.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• But then Davos shows up and offers him a way out of the monotony of the hiding.
  — Sarah Rodman, latimes.com, 14 Aug. 2017
• His problem wasn’t with the late-morning heat or the monotony of drills.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
• For many, something to look forward to cuts the monotony of each day.
  — Marissa Miller, Teen Vogue, 16 Dec. 2017
• But our brains aren't wired for this level of monotony.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2020
• Take a run on a trail for a break from the monotony of your everyday route.
  — Eric Champlin, ajc, 20 Apr. 2022
• The monotony, as well as the stress, of this year has made time pass in a peculiar way.
  — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2020
• The unique circumstances of the year also led to a fight against monotony.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 21 Dec. 2020
• That has prompted Mattu to seek safe ways to shake up the monotony.
  — Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
• The monotony and solitude of e-learning has been hardest on the youngest.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 8 Feb. 2021
• Here are some suggestions on how to break up the monotony.
  — NBC News, 10 June 2020
• In simpler times, the big top was a thrilling escape from monotony.
  — Holly Millea, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017
• There is a grim monotony to many daily reports from the Ukraine war.
  — David Guttenfelder Oleksandr Chubko, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
• But despite the heat and the monotony, there was optimism.
  — Faysal Itani, Star Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
• But some things had stayed the same, like the arrival of spring and the pastel monotony of the flowering shrubs.
  — Lorrie Moore, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
• The celebration change-up was a way to break up the monotony and keep their legs fresh.
  — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• And so people look for anything to break up that monotony.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• But many, faced with the monotony of days inside, had kept up with outside news.
  — Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2018
• For those fortunate enough to live a life of easy monotony, time looms.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2020
• The ceiling heights will vary within the arched shell structure to avoid monotony.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
• Yet that was good enough to provide a temporary break from the monotony of life there.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
• At times, the absence of a uniting goal allows Storer and co-showrunner Joanna Calo to continue adding texture to the monotony of restaurant life.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 27 June 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024