... they put him to bed in the rest room, where the doctor gave him a roborant injection. Thomas Glavinic, Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw, translated by John Brownjohn, 1999
The label, designed for the English speaking market, gives this description of its virtues: "Nutritious and roborant: promoting the brain and recovering the memory: strengthening the organs and systems of generations." Jack Anderson, "Fat Cats Show They Care," Daytona Beach Morning Journal, Saturday October 7, 1972
Just that it was another system that didn't look particularly noteworthy. A star and some planets. No record of human presence. Dullsville, really. Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap, 2003
I work in a big insurance office now, working in the customer enquiries department. No doubt this will sound a bit dullsville to you ... David Nicholls, One Day, 2009
... he was taken aback by skeptical reviews that had the temerity to question his research methods or his conclusions. Jennifer Szalai, "Steven Pinker Wants You to Know Humanity Is Doing Fine. Just Don't Ask About Individual Humans." New York Times, February 28, 2018
The guys off the docks at the port who came in looking for engagement rings and wedding rings for their girlfriends would sometimes have the temerity to take the salesgirl's hand in order to examine the stone up close. Philip Roth, Everyman, 2006
The culprits behind such acts of beach hoggery are said to range from unscrupulous umbrella operators hoping to bilk tourists, to eager sun seekers reserving space for friends and relatives. Barry Neild, "Italy fines tourists who hog beach spots," CNN, August 9, 2016
Harry, this is game-hoggery of the worst kind. It has got to stop. I'm going to write my congressman. Durward L. Allen, "Fifty Million Bunnies," Boys' Life, October 1960
He said he had a shack in Mill City and I would have all the time in the world to write there while we went through the rigmarole of getting the ship. Jack Kerouac, On the Road, 1957
At the station, I went through the rigmarole of implied consent and told Father Grady I wanted him to take a Breathalyzer test. Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care, 2009
Hygge is about an atmosphere and an experience, rather than about things. It is about being with the people we love. Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge, 2016
... “The Red Address Book” is just the sort of easy-reading tale that will inspire readers to pull up a comfy chair to the fire, grab a mug of cocoa and a box of tissues and get hygge with it. Helen Simonson, "Hygge and Kisses," New York Times, January 11, 2019
Indeed, during the year we are describing, it was known that all those visible signs which prognosticate any particular description of weather, had altogether lost their significance. William Carleton, The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine, 1847
January is here, which means it’s time to prognosticate about the new year — and specifically, how we in the Bay Area will be eating over the next 12 months and beyond. Sarah Fritsche, "How the Bay Area will eat in 2019: Convenience, CBD, and more chicken," San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2019