How to Use bored in a Sentence

bored

adjective
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  • But few of the people who watched the games could claim to have been bored.
    — M.j., The Economist, 17 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Some others just bored and decide to come and see what the old Brit’n look like.
    — Dohra Ahmad, The New York Review of Books, 10 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • Our servers were on edge from making no money; the cooks were bored.
    — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • This sounds like the daydream of a mega-rich, very bored content creator.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Sure, some may find all the LEDs gaudy, and others will get bored with them after a few days.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2022
  • His wife [Dunst] who is bored grabs his phone, and tries to unlock it.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • And as Meehan notes, some artists are simply bored on the road; the events bring some welcome fun.
    — Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Adam sat in the middle, looking tired and bored in his white t-shirt and skinny jeans.
    — Deena Elgenaidi, Longreads, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The same study found that bored workers are twice as likely to leave the company.
    — Peter Stewart, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Some of the crypto jokes are dated, but that’s preferable to bored apes still being in the news.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Younger kids may find tiny Lego-style blocks to be too difficult to use and get bored with them.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
  • During his recovery, Pruitt was bored and asked a neighbor, silversmith Greg Lewis, to teach him the trade.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Baggage Claim follows Bethany, a bored thirtysomething whose life is going nowhere.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024

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