Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore (down)
Verb
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Even when compressed up to 20 times, the accuracy is still about 60%.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025 -
The events that unfold are compressed, both in time and in space, and the pressure is enormous.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Scott has blitzed on 36 plays and has pressured the quarterback on eight of them.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Trump initially pressured Ukraine to make concessions and suggested territorial swaps with Russia.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Bore (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore%20%28down%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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