boresome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of boresome
Example Sentences
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It is trying so hard to maintain its reputation for this gift, that sooner or later, it becomes obnoxious and boresome: How do you get that way?
From Time Magazine Archive
After the Olympic Torch was extinguished at Los Angeles in 1932, the boresome bickerings began with a meeting of the American Olympic Association to decide whether to send a team to Berlin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lewis promptly obliged: "I denounce Mr. Bernard DeVoto as a fool and a tedious and egotistical fool." he wrote, "as a liar and a pompous and boresome liar."
From Time Magazine Archive
Few others watched the takeoff, for news of new air record-seekers has become boresome even in facilely enthusiastic Texas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had come to be pretty boresome at times, you know.
From The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays by Björkman, Edwin
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