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Recent Examples of boredom Give them toys and video games, anything to relieve the deadly boredom of life in a cage. Ron Arias, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025 Hegel even worried that the world would reach a state of global boredom. Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025 Feeling settled in a relationship is actually a place of peace, not boredom. Melissa Mason, Refinery29, 1 Oct. 2025 Some dogs chew toys gently, while others tear them apart due to boredom, a strong prey drive, teething, or even attention-seeking. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boredom
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Noun
  • Eidevall was at the start of his fourth season in charge of Arsenal and restlessness had already grown at not winning the Women’s Super League in his first three seasons.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Asthma treatments Some asthma medications open airways by relaxing muscles, but their side effects include jitteriness and restlessness, which are similar to caffeine’s.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Talking about his predicament in a shaded wedge of grass near the center of Harvard Yard, Sial speaks with a mixture of passion, frustration and weariness, pushing back the shaggy hair that frequently falls over his eyes.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An aura of melancholy does not stop Madvillainy from being endlessly joyful and playful.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But even here, the ache of the lovers’ separation registers with only a muffled sense of melancholy.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Boredom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boredom. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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