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boredom
1. But who would he find around here?" Nightday had been an unrelenting sixteen hours of boredom that he wished he could sleep right thru like his kedas did
2. They went on a long sailing trip to ease the boredom, but even that was pointless after awhile
3. Why do they open the shop, then? Later, I spent some time with Alice and our cousin Niki but I couldn't avoid the usual boredom: These two are married with children, respectable persons in society; they don't even bother to conceal their contempt for me
4. For the most part, our guards seemed wrapped-up in a cloak of desultory boredom
5. ’ I said almost defiantly … sure is one thing I am not at the moment, but I can imagine that I shall be climbing the walls out of sheer boredom by then
6. After an excellent snack I wandered through WH Smith and thrilled to the dizzy heights of buying my first phrase book but from then on it was a downward spiral of fear and boredom
7. Most of all it’s boredom, being put on hold,
8. Your new calmness of mind will make it unnecessary for you to turn to food for comfort or as a means of relieving tension or boredom
9. to the horrors and perils of the War, as well as the cold and boredom
10. Although he dozed occasionally, simply from boredom, he thought more frequently than he dozed
11. Boredom was never a problem; Chrissie had become accustomed to it before she reached the age of ten
12. “Since ephemerality and garden pests were conquered, boredom has been the greatest scourge of mankind
13. The want of money and the crushing boredom of provincial life make for a poor bedside manner, but there is something else about Jasari, something brutal
14. break up the boredom of school life, the more controversial the better
15. feelings of boredom and uselessness that his enforced inaction had
16. All of the things that he should have had, the simple things, the boredom and the warmth, all of these things sit at his right hand
17. Minutes later he was frustrated with boredom
18. It invoked boredom
19. Back to the institution, to the days of boredom and repetition
20. “My intent is not to get bored but to get out of boredom
21. John, out of boredom
22. What a person could write in an hour, she read in a minute, then the boredom was back
23. A little boredom, a little anxiety
24. What little there was, was more in line with boredom than anything else
25. Lately he's had a problem with boredom
26. The sleep hadn't been the best, that and the boredom must have put her back to sleep again because when she woke they were turning off into a smaller, but still substantial road tending a little more toward the west
27. Liam came over every day to bring flowers, chocolates, and entertainment to keep me from boredom
28. He slowly made his way near the marketplace, glancing at his fellow merchants languishing in their boredom
29. After studying the map in the commander’s tent for a few more minutes in a vain effort to stave off boredom, he made his way to the firepit and took a seat
30. The earlier news had weighed on his mind for a while, but he knew that this missive would more than likely lift his spirits and negate his boredom
31. In her boredom amid attempts to sleep, she had taken to dusting off and polishing the bowl as best as she could and the antique rims shone brilliantly once again
32. But the kind of res-pite from that boredom that had surfaced overnight was not at all a pleasant one
33. ease my boredom those long years in the cave
34. Fear is overcome by acts of reflection, and revisited by boredom of the mind
35. If anything, he suffered from homesickness, boredom, and the resulting irritability
36. The merchants manned their stalls with obvious boredom, but held out hope for a cloaked figure which had perused their wares for a few minutes despite the threats from the clouds
37. “Those three have got three weeks of boredom ahead of themselves as it is
38. His only way of coping with the boredom of the three week wait was to immerse himself into the detailed testing of the electronic systems that were his passion
39. My home now was in the army and with the Battalion I missed my mates and the life which was structured and always busy so there was no time for depression or boredom
40. The landscape of Picardy was different from Normandy and the train slowed down to nearly a crawl so to counter the boredom we played cards and crown and anchor by candlelight when the doors were closed
41. She helped out, first from a sense of boredom and wanting something to do and then from a sense of interest and wanting to contribute
42. So to ease the pressure and too relieve the boredom we smoked and that was nearly to a man
43. I tried to keep things as light as I could in my letters keeping the blood gore and boredom out of them I also never told her how many raids I had been on because I didn’t want to frighten her
44. As critic, he snoozed in boredom over any tired literary devices
45. aiming to kill the boredom
46. Arbitan viewed the fights with detached boredom
47. ” Of course, we regularly attacked each other with tear-gas as a prank or out of boredom
48. Do you wish for me to endure a thousand years year of extreme boredom while I wait for the convicted criminals and terrorists to escape from hell so that we can kill them again once and for all at Armageddon? Why not just kill them now properly and get done? I think the system in heaven is ineffective and the known intelligence is poorly utilized
49. Boredom may affect you
50. There was another stressful hour of tears, apologies and fury before Herminia’s departure returned peace to her room – and perhaps a bit of boredom