boredom

Example Sentences

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Envy, boredom and other unpleasant emotions have value that can be too easily overlooked.

From The Wall Street Journal

With precision and care, the author elegantly chronicles his own shame, envy, boredom, regret and despair, illuminating his experiences with insights from philosophy, psychology, ethnography and history.

From The Wall Street Journal

The singer originally documented his experience in hospital with heart problems on Instagram due to "boredom", he said.

From BBC

"Health professionals were being told a false story and her boredom and troubled mind was leading her to make allegations to seek care and attention," she said.

From BBC

He hopes “A World Appears” encourages others to do the same: to observe what’s going on inside of them a little more, and when boredom, inevitably, creeps in to, perhaps, do nothing about it all.

From Los Angeles Times