boresome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of boresome
Example Sentences
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Few others watched the takeoff, for news of new air record-seekers has become boresome even in facilely enthusiastic Texas.
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
Odets falls into a common trap: he cannot convey the peevish boredom of his floating prison without turning boresome himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sinclair Lewis, one of his early targets, called him "a tedious and egotistical fool . . . a pompous and boresome liar."
From Time Magazine Archive
They are not too scientific to be boresome, but they are just good enough to be real interesting.
From Astounding Stories, August, 1931 by Various
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