How to Use bored in a Sentence

bored

adjective
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  • My hands are bored, my heart’s worn out, to say nothing about how my legs feel.
    — Marshall Yarbrough, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • So few shows nowadays are true co-viewing shows where adults and kids can watch, and not be bored and have a little bit of edge too.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • People are bored and want to connect with others, said Ben-Porath.
    — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 24 June 2020
  • For the bored, desirous quarantine viewer, the movie is simply a blank canvas.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 26 June 2020
  • Tell him your fears of becoming bored and unhappy and how a dog has been proven to help people feel happier.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 7 July 2020
  • Laptop makers give those solid battery life, design them to take drops and even survive bored kids trying to pick out the keys.
    — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The rest of the time, Steele has been filling her days with tasks that will sound familiar to many bored quarantiners: painting her apartment.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2020
  • But the makeup of such rankings reflects a rather banal truth: People are really bored right now, and that leaves a lot of room for uninspired content to flourish.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 July 2020
  • As my coworker Charlie Trepany so aptly put it: There are only so many movie nights on the couch before couples start getting bored.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
  • One theory is that that bored gamblers, with little access to sports betting thanks to social distancing, are the reason for the explosion in retail trading.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 23 June 2020
  • Barron has long been a meme of the Trump presidency, sometimes appearing bored or annoyed while attending political events.
    — Erin Corbett, refinery29.com, 20 June 2020
  • In a nod to the big-picture realities of the pandemic, the bored Millennials tempt fate with their nonchalance toward an unseen danger.
    — Elizabeth Horkley, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2020
  • One more truth: Most employers and their HR staffs assume that older job applicants expect to earn higher salaries or are way overqualified and will soon get bored.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Maynard was very bored, and just peeked through the door.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Both the Cataract and the shops that sprang up around it served as an amusement park for the rich and bored.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 28 June 2022
  • When even the host seems bored, a little chaos can go a long way.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Four year old Prince Charles looked bored throughout the event.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 23 July 2022
  • There wasn’t a bored face in the crowd at the recent painting session.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • At times, the crowd grew restless and bored, and some left early.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • In other words, the brand suffered the fate of every fad: The cool kids grew bored with it.
    — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • There have to be others in your group who are just as bored and fed up as you.
    — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Lean Into The Boredom Be bored and put your phone away.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Team after good team slaps the Heat around and the Heat attitude is a bored yawn.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Fourteen percent had run out of things to watch and one in 10 were just plain bored.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • After all, in March 2020, many of us felt lonely and bored.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 19 June 2021
  • The men are blithe or harried or roguish, and the women seem so bored!
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The kids are bored and go running around, and there’s the focus group guy who jumps out from behind the shelf.
    — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022
  • In this case, a 27-year-old is bored, scrolling through his phone while avoiding studying for the LSATs.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The best thing to do is have short but frequent sessions, so your dog doesn't get bored.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 May 2021
  • They may be preoccupied, bored, frustrated, or unimpressed with your first few answers.
    — Robin Ryan, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024

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