How to Use tedious in a Sentence

tedious

adjective

• The work is tedious, but it needs to get done.
• He made a tedious 45-minute speech.
• That is why the giants have turned to banks to do the tedious bits.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• In that world, the bow tie comes off as kind of tedious.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022
• But first, the tail end of the tedious July news drought.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 26 July 2019
• Where are the lengthy, the tedious, the why-is-this taking-so-long flights?
  — Devon Ivie, CNT, 27 Sep. 2017
• The live feed is, for the most part, tedious and mind-numbing.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
• No one wants to do the tedious work that runs for only eight months of the year.
  — Ryan Marshall, The (salisbury, USA TODAY, 4 May 2018
• And even though this tedious task can be a headache, oh, the rewards!
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 9 Dec. 2022
• Most of the time science is a slow and tedious business.
  — Joseph Bak-Coleman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022
• Weeks like this can be tedious, from a been-there, done-that point of view.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2022
• What to Expect: Be warned, this is a long and tedious process.
  — Fresh U, Teen Vogue, 11 Sep. 2018
• Amazon was the most tedious in terms of clicks required to get through the process.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
• These days, Taylor finds joy in even the most tedious tasks.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 June 2021
• Doesn't seeing the same teams 23 times in 29 games grow tedious?
  — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
• Home runs are one way (though purists find too many as tedious as none at all).
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
• This license amounts to full approval, and is, in essence, a far longer and more tedious process.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 21 July 2021
• Over the long term, using a smart speaker as a timer gets tedious.
  — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• Someone too lazy to do it the old tedious way invents the future.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2020
• The work is tedious and repetitive, and Parish knows what’s at stake.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
• This is what a tyrant looks like: small, and full of tedious resentments.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
• That zig-zagged people trail is tedious and can take an hour out of your day.
  — Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 29 May 2021
• Even the simplest task of walking your dog can seem tedious.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 July 2022
• This ensures a more seamless process rather than a tedious back-and-forth.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 12 June 2023
• Using both — as in he or she and him or her — is abhorred as clunky and tedious.
  — Time, 17 Jan. 2020
• The battle, like his comeback from surgery on his right knee, is tedious.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019
• Could one of the world's most tedious subsidy battles be coming to an end?
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 15 June 2021
• Are there tweaks that can be applied to make a fresh reboot less tedious?
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
• There is glamour to be found in even the most tedious of surroundings.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024
• Stressed-out lawyers are turning to chatbots to write tedious briefs.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 2 May 2024