英语词汇“boredom”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

I suppose I never found boredom very boring. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time the bell rang, the class had returned to the normal state of boredom and disinterest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Polly wondered as she glanced with boredom at the slave sale. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kneeling in her pew, Blanca would inhale the intense smell of the virgin’s incense and lilies, suffering the combined torment of nausea, guilt, and boredom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Learning happens on backless benches, at wooden tables grooved by the boredom of countless boys before them—squires, monks, conscripts, cadets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The cold days dragged mechanically: up early and to my job, splitting wood, carrying coal, sweeping floors, then off to school and boredom. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There has to be a more exciting way to complain of boredom. bottom line. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gatsby, his hands still in his pockets, was reclining against the mantelpiece in a strained counterfeit of perfect ease, even of boredom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was bored, so it again confused me that she would pick this place, since Margo always struck me as a person with a very limited tolerance for boredom. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Despite her sorrow and boredom, Alice found a few cheery moments worth celebrating. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And their boredom is the thing that the meanness feeds on. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But she also felt reproved for her homebound boredom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There are also the exciting thin metal posts with the flashers on top, so drivers don’t veer off into ditches because of pitch-blackness or sheer boredom. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Margaret, in her boredom, simply rushed around and made a nuisance of herself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly, an expression of great boredom fell over Mary Alice’s face. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Together, they were like one of those superhero alliances in the comic books, invincible, an unconquerable confederation of boredom and confusion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But boredom had driven her from her bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As a Roman emperor’s daughter she already had some duties, but they were not of a kind to alleviate the boredom she felt in doing them or in looking ahead to doing them again tomorrow. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I sat on a Coke crate and watched pickups zoom by till I was nearly poisoned with exhaust fumes and boredom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could foresee a life of boredom and routine, not one of ideas and puzzles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d managed to convince him to give her a tour under the pretense of extreme boredom—when, in fact, she’d used every moment to plot a dozen escape routes from her room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Two local politicians tried to “relate” to us, which made for serious condescension and boredom. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In some warped and exaggerated form, it seemed like the same kind of impulse as getting wild on a Saturday night, letting off steam after a week of tension or boredom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the horrors might end and boredom became their worst problem. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The buoyancy of spirit and the beauty of early morning had long since given away to discomfort and the boredom of monotony. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of sheer boredom I have come up with names for the musicians I imagine performing each of the Muzak melodies I am forced to listen to every time I work at Awkworth & Ames. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

And it can take the fear and boredom out of grammar, because it’s always more inviting to master a system when you have a clear idea of what it is designed to accomplish. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As a tyke the rhyming sounds had charmed her out of the boredom she often felt during the interminable Song. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most of the Fugees, tryouts meant the end of weeks of boredom. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The seed of curiosity had been planted; it needed nothing more than time and boredom to grow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The one thing that drew her out of her boredom and irritation was the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

What he had were watery eyes in the bathroom and a look of boredom and confusion when he thought no one was looking. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes he tried to enjoy the scenery running past his window, then the city man’s boredom with nature’s repetition overtook him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment of after-supper boredom I had read a Faraday Society Discussion on “The Structure of Metals.” Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Dad tried really hard not to die of boredom, and he kept messing up which girl was which, saying, “We like her?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And then at least I can go back to Jankburg with the confirmation that I shouldn’t even be dreaming this dream, and just weave myself firmly back into the tapestry of local boredom. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was a state of tense, breathless boredom. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the host droned through the starter’s introduction, Pollard fidgeted in the crowd, slurping up champagne and, like everyone else, stagnating in boredom. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he resisted her with such skill that she was finally driven out to escape the inevitable boredom produced by such a dainty life. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the five of them, Ruby was the most ardent, and the most prone to boredom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But I was depressed by what it represented—the hours measured, the boredom of inmates and irritation of officers, the ticking of the clock, the niggling accountability. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t bear the stillness, the walls, the boredom of having nothing to do but wait for the day’s excitement of eating and going to the toilet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could certainly make sure that everyone had equal wealth—but that would just add to the plague of boredom that afflicts the immortal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We both appreciate simplicity, and if we are sometimes bored—well, boredom is a pleasing antidote to fear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Was I glad to see the end of school. God, what boredom.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, there was a certain safety in the unrelenting boredom of each day. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most of those two years, Blake and a small group of prisoners languished in a makeshift North Korean prison camp, plagued with monotony and boredom. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His own girl sat sprawled out gracelessly on an overstuffed sofa with an expression of otiose boredom. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I can’t go in until the halls are empty and the teachers have numbed them with boredom so they won’t notice when I slip down the halls. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Not the heat, not the boredom, not the endless space of summer laid out before him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

George would have liked to play the role of Charlotte all day long, but Kelly declared boredom and pulled out her camera. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mary was planning on doing what she always did to celebrate, commiserate, blow off steam, or just kill boredom. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Or did he stumble upon it while trying to stave off the boredom of an interminable faculty meeting, as he told Wideroe at their only face-to-face meeting many years later? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t believe in boredom when there’s so much to do around the house, as if cleaning the apartment were as entertaining as a day at the beach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Through most of this, Kathleen had seemed to enjoy the foreignness of it all, the exotic food and animals, and even during those periods of boredom and discomfort she’d kept up a good-humored tolerance. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile she awaited him without boredom, unperturbed by the enormous task she had taken upon herself: to embroider the largest tablecloth in the world. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s the boredom, but Lucy’s room calls me like a siren. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was ten when I finally mellowed enough to start venturing out myself, a decision driven in large part by boredom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They welcomed Meggie down to breakfast with invitingly opened pages; they kept boredom at bay when the weather was bad. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And in the grip of terror— the worst storm—you yet feel boredom, a deep weariness with it all. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We know that they can feel sadness, fear, despair, loneliness, boredom. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He puzzled over it awhile, forcing himself to think of possible explanations in spite of his usual boredom and utter lack of interest in what its purpose might be. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There was excitement and pain, anxiety and boredom, love and loneliness, anger and joy. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

They were also drawn too high and draped the rest of her features into an expression of boredom, almost sarcasm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His soul writhed with boredom, but for once he had had no impulse to shirk his evening at the Center. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He told Nate about his life on the farm, how he’d loved being with his parents but had nearly gone crazy with boredom. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

His take on the boredom was that it “beats working a gallery.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew that a gray, foggy smear of invisible vuvv was everywhere around us, watching, peering at us, checking our eyes for a hint of boredom or anger or failed desire. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At this post—one of the several spots in Sing Sing where sheer boredom and the potential for sudden mayhem existed side by side—your feet got tired and your authority was questioned constantly. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when my younger brothers chivvied them with sticks out of boredom, they wouldn’t bother to raise their heads. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In spite of the excruciating boredom, it physically hurt to leave the apartment, but he had to get Julie. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After three days, much of Squad 451 risks deserting out of boredom. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Well, three days crept by so slowly I thought I might die from boredom. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t blame them because I didn’t want to die either, even though boredom was killing me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’m sure I’ll die either of boredom or my brain being tied up in knots! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more a feat of boredom last spring as we all got ready to go off in separate directions for a break from school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Every task we were assigned was just glorified busywork to keep our hands moving, our bodies occupied, and our minds dead with boredom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A family without ritual and order was a rootless tribe subject to boredom and anarchy, lowered heads, pouting mouths, and sorrowing memories of friends left behind. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she was just trying to save me hours of boredom? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The impression was of closeted boredom punctuated by contests and schemes—jumping between the beds, building a camp, half devising a board game, then giving up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon I couldn’t stand the confinement or the boredom any longer, so I told her I was going out for a walk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she caught his eye, she would glance away embarrassed, but with boredom she grew bolder. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was basically one hour of pure boredom. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself — no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I can’t remember,” I said, swaying in a trance of boredom but edging imperceptibly towards the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was because, to relieve their boredom and express their contempt, inmates were occasionally tossing items out of their cells in hopes they might hit one of us. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” the young man said in a voice heavy with boredom. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice carried with a minimum of vitality, as though he had come over to speak to Lane out of boredom or restiveness, not for any sort of human discourse. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

His boredom grew, even though he was promoted again at work. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have been glad to sit for hours reading or writing, but I fidgeted all the while I sewed and sometimes wept with boredom. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In your boredom there are elements of terror: you break down into tears; you are filled with dread; you scream; you deliberately hurt yourself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would move as a caged panther might: because it was awake, out of boredom, for the sake of movement itself, or for no reason at all, and with no awareness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Those who looked on did so with mild fear, disgust, or boredom. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

While Pascal and Patrice punched each other out of exhausted boredom and Martin leaned on me crying that his ears hurt, my husband was brought down without my notice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the boredom of her abandonment her only distractions were the clavichord lessons at siesta time and the letters from her children. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Half the women who consulted him had nothing the matter with them but boredom, but they wouldn't thank you for telling them so! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Ever since Jean de Satigny had begun to visit them, the boredom of the countryside, where after five o’clock in the afternoon there was nothing left to do, had become less oppressive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first hour passed, and Thomas felt boredom creep in like rats under the door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nel was one of the reasons she had drifted back to Medallion, that and the boredom she found in Nashville, Detroit, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Macon and San Diego. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because I have few inner resources, I often found it very difficult to deal with the boredom brought on by living in Lily. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Each night for years the children had memorized the required lessons for school, often yawning with boredom. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

To fight the boredom and have something to do, I chattered all morning, saying whatever came into my head and making everyone laugh. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A someone who splintered the knot into silver threads that tangled us, netted us, made us long for the dull chafe of the previous boredom. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his incarceration in Japan, the only respites Bobby had from boredom and emotional turmoil were the visits from his lawyers and Miyoko, and his use of the telephone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The president stayed good-natured despite enduring the painful changes of his wound dressing, the constant monitoring of his vital signs, and the boredom of lying helpless in bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It went from disappointment to contempt to apathetic boredom. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or will boredom and slavish routine plague us even more than it does today, giving us less of a reason to live limitless lives? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She was going out of her mind from boredom. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

For instance, at this minute he hated Archie with a special burning hate that was part of the boredom and the weariness. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They drive around looking. Looking and hoping that someone will provoke them. Sooner or later, someone always obliges. Then the dogs feast and the day’s boredom is broken at last and everyone says ‘Allah-u-akbar!’ The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boredom of the two children in the dark, cramped bedroom became unbearable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I think he takes his boredom out on me—my viola lessons grow more intense. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One of the biggest challenges here at Rose Hill is boredom, and making sure that the people here don’t fall into vice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Luckily, there were many dark corners in Capricorn's village, and the guards strolled through the alleys with an air of boredom, as men do when they are sure there is no threat of danger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mum made us go to Sunday school at Saint Gabriel's when we were smaller but it turned every Sunday morning into torture by boredom. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bodega picked up on my boredom, smiled, and went right to the point. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Should I call and face the problem or not call and enjoy a few hours of lonely, nerve-wracking boredom, instead of my usual lonely, depressing boredom? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In complete boredom the next day he tied a large towel beneath the boom and over to the handrails on either side to make an awning and sat in the shade. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was boredom with a twist, the kind of boredom that caused stomach disorders. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately these were in Italian, and so the obvious boredom of the foreign guests did not need to be construed as impoliteness. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And Kevin complained of boredom, and of having to be sociable with a steady stream of ignorant pretentious guests who visited the Weylin house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Those daydreams helped me escape from the boredom of boarding school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was there ever a time when people weren’t plagued with boredom? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Until the mid-1980s, the law made no distinction between crimes motivated by bigotry and crimes motivated by money, passion, or boredom. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A day or so later he would often realize that his theory did not work and return to experiments, until boredom generated a new attack on theory. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I saw Fulton Dumas mowing his front lawn slowly, headphones attached to his head, his hair in tall spikes, his eyes glazed over with boredom. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“One of us is going to die tonight. Does that break up your boredom?” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In afterdinner conversation, he sometimes referred, in a tone of utter boredom, to summers spent with the European nobility in the castles of Liechtenstein or the Cote d’Azur. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I walk over to the tree, where Tomás has dug a hole out of boredom and is kicking at the loose grapefruits like they’re soccer balls. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She has no idea of my work and no interest in it, and when I do try to talk to her about it she makes no attempt to hide her boredom. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus said I didn’t have to, but as tedious as the work was, I could stand it easier than I could stand more long hours of boredom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The day went on with an unlikely combination of boredom, anxiety, and bland food that you only find in hospitals. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Double Maths is ninety minutes of pure boredom on the best of days and today was the worst of the worst. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Despite the boredom and the loneliness, I kept on working hard. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst thing about being in the hospital was the boredom. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I could have died from boredom for all the time it took you to take her pulse.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The house never appealed much to Molly, for the inland summers were beastly hot, and Ernest himself never seemed to be around—to him, the inactivity defined by “rest and relaxation” meant boredom. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It’s as if he’s lived through it before, a long time ago; and despite the unpleasantness, the irritation of it, the combination of boredom and fear, he has a certain fellow feeling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I already knew most of what she was teaching, and glanced over my shoulder at Marcus out of boredom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I kept none in my own house either, because I’ve always held that loneliness and boredom can lead a man to drink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to be an excellent education, but I thought I would die from the boredom of wearing the same thing every day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do but make the best of it—and pray they didn’t die of sheer boredom. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Fear turned into curiosity, which turned into boredom. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t walk well, so we just hobbled around the hut and made fun of each other to avoid boredom. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Wandering from room to room has become a nightly habit fueled by insomnia and boredom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Not because the Gamemakers couldn't keep it fueled but because, again, that would invite accusations of boredom from the audience. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Did people suffer from boredom before the word was introduced in 1829? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To his surprise no boredom overtook him and so he stayed for an hour more. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Burning” is beautifully shot as it captures the boredom and quiet rage of its characters in a way that will haunt viewers who connect with it for days. The 18 most memorable movies of 2018 — for better and for worse 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

The young princesses while away the boredom of their confinement by falling in love with the estate’s handsome gamekeeper, Billy Denton. An Irish Refuge for Two Royal British Sisters 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

She loves her children, but her mind “no longer fizzed with intellectual rigor; it bubbled with boredom in French, Italian, German, and English.” Review | A ’50s mom finds her calling as a spy in the captivating novel ‘A Woman of Intelligence’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

Usually implies boredom with topic or lack of concern for a precise definition of meaning. O.E.D.’s New Chief Editor Speaks of Its Future 2014-01-21T21:45:05Z

But reviewers faulted her for appearing inexpressive to the point of boredom and for a repetitively dull use of the word “awesome.” Source: Britney Spears Out of ‘X Factor’ 2013-01-10T23:53:52Z

In times of stress, boredom, fatigue, celebration and despair, the British drink. ‘I was hammered for the first month of lockdown’ – meet the people who quit alcohol in the pandemic 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z

This is the kind of boredom associated with watching paint dry, and it's as old as paint. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

She communicates the depths of boredom, loneliness and depression that afflict expatriate communities, and “The Last Post” gets interesting, rather than just pretty, whenever she’s onscreen. Review: An Empire Declines, Awash in Adultery and Gin and Tonics 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

The opposite — having nothing on which to fix your mind; in other words, sheer boredom — has a similar, though less extreme effect, as do a series of other experiences. What does it really feel like to fall out of a building? 2013-05-25T22:30:00Z

And in inevitable moments of boredom, fidgeting is acceptable. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet Revives ‘Cinderella’ at Gould Hall 2014-03-03T21:48:04Z

According to the online definition, it’s a “system of training for distance runners in which the terrain and pace are continually varied to eliminate boredom and enhance psychological aspects of conditioning.” Want to be a good runner? Then you need to try fartleks. 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

Still, I’ve been hearing from a small but vocal contingent of people who are teaching themselves to embrace boredom while in quarantine. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

And it's burning with boredom, it's the Summer of Hate. Vertigo announces new 'Lucifer,' more at Comic-Con: Read Q&As with four creators 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

But he had a dream: to liberate 1950s sex from the bedrooms of marrieds, from shame and inhibition and boredom. Can Hugh Hefner’s 26-year-old son convince his generation that Playboy is sexy? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

The DJ's job ultimately is to show people the fun, and the soundtrack to the fun, and how to escape everyday boredom. Paul Morley interviews DJ Pete Tong 2010-05-28T12:20:00Z

The grandson of Syrian Jewish immigrants from Aleppo, he grew up in Flatbush and quit high school out of boredom. Remembering Crazy Eddie: His Prices Were Insane 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

But as the details of fear, hunger, illness, abuse, boredom, hopelessness and physical suffering accumulate over 528 pages, so too do their power and intensity. Books of The Times: Held Captive, yet Clinging to Hope 2010-09-20T22:16:00Z

Millions of folks haven't had the time or wherewithal to slump through apathy or boredom. Is Netflix's "Bo Burnham: Inside" our lockdown "Lemonade"? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

It dramatizes the moving back story laid out in the Hollywood Reporter investigation, then shifts focus to Angelyne’s fantasy of herself as a space-faring alien, come to liberate Earthlings from terrestrial boredom. Rock ’n’ Roll Swindles, Revisited 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

At first glance, it would be easy to dismiss this uptick in bread baking as a symptom of boredom or an extension of prepper-panic, but I think it's more than that. Baking our way through survival 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

The whales themselves look like they are about to die of boredom. Big Miracle ? review 2012-02-09T22:36:01Z

"While there are reasons for believing that joy and anger have remained fairly constant throughout history," he writes, "the amount of boredom seems to have increased dramatically." One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

What he means is that boredom’s power is negatively configured. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

Say you were bold enough to gather together seven of the recent or upcoming books about boredom. Books and the ‘Boredom Boom’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

In a sense, then, boredom is a secret or solitary vice, yet the bored are clearly not alone. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

I had only one interesting course at Exeter, on Plato and Milton, otherwise the boredom was complete. Interview: Gore Vidal 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

But when with boredom, I suggest you watch those thoughts carefully. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Scott, one of The New York Times’s chief film critics, dubbed the back-and-forth on this Web site, on Twitter and film blogs around the Web “the great boredom debate of 2011.” ArtsBeat: Ask the Critics: How Boring is Boring Enough? 2011-06-09T16:44:08Z

In the normal run of events, time kills us; in boredom, we kill time. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

A boom in retail trading and cryptocurrency investments, spurred in part by boredom and the arrival of stimulus checks, led people back to Doge. The Assorted Teachings of Dogecoin 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

Estes said in the film’s press notes that he made the movie to ward off boredom while he and his wife and children were cloistered indoors. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

But the zombie gore and the verbal pepper is sprayed quickly enough to keep boredom at bay. ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Review: Back to Crack Wise and Crush Skulls 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Making Scrimshaw a Sea Companion Sailors on 19th-century whale ships faced oppressive boredom, interrupted by occasional life-threatening storms and hunting expeditions. Antiques: Scrimshaw in New Book From New Bedford Whaling Museum 2013-01-10T21:54:56Z

Suede's music is a product of its environment: it reflects a mixture of boredom and adventure that appeals to bedsit people and kids stuck at home with their parents, feeling bored and misunderstood. Suede: 'They're ordinary, that makes them glam' – a classic interview 2013-02-20T13:28:56Z

Why a little bit of boredom is a good sign. It’s not just you: New data shows more than half of young people in America don’t have a romantic partner 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Any music I listened to on the commuter train, at lunch breaks, in long trips to the filing room numbed with boredom, is still tainted by that time. Family life 2011-08-12T23:06:13Z

This is a brave approach to a play in which boredom is the defining element through which the characters move. Theater Review: ‘A Month in the Country,’ at Williamstown Theater Festival 2012-08-10T23:46:48Z

It's all about wanting to break free from the boredom and frustration of daily life. New Band Up North 2012-11-12T16:55:00Z

In Cassatt’s image, a mother with bared breast stares off into the distance as she nurses her child, suggesting the boredom of a repeated chore. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Prints by Mary Cassatt,’ at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum 2013-01-26T01:34:24Z

Mr. Hirszman describes the songs, which relieved boredom and shaped the rhythm and movements of the work, as “endangered” cultural products. Uncertainty in Brazil, Vitality in Its Art 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

How is it possible to stay in the same job for years and not die of boredom? How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Young people sometimes don’t realize that punk didn’t spring to life as a response to Margaret Thatcher—it preceded her, a seedling that took root in the restlessness, boredom and grayed-out despair of 1970s Britain. Donald Trump, Dante and the End of Your Elitist Tastes 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

But one of the longer sections is devoted to life on the road, with its terrible food, miserable lodgings, deadly boredom, loneliness and hostile audiences. Review: ‘Dying Laughing,’ About Bombing Onstage, or, Conversely, Killing 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

The majority, "silent" and otherwise, is tuned into an existential threat colored by a combination of fear and boredom. In "Mrs. America," Cate Blanchett shines as a frigid firebrand who challenges the feminist movement 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

But complaints of boredom or attempts to empathize have landed with a thud in a world where millions have filed for unemployment or are risking their health working in hospitals and grocery stores. Tone-deaf or tuned-in? Coronavirus epidemic proves a minefield for celebs 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Suzuki said it was boredom with routine assignments that compelled him to innovate. Seijun Suzuki, Director Who Inspired Tarantino and Jarmusch, Dies at 93 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

While many of the ads featured positive messages, social media buzzed with mostly comments expressing boredom and even backlash. Super Bowl 2015: Ads round-up 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

Then there is the drama of “fixing the children’s” boredom. When kids want parents to play all the time 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

"Bliss – a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious – lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom." Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace – review 2012-08-30T07:00:41Z

This love song to naturalism makes a case for Chekhov as one of the few playwrights who can somehow capture life as lived experience — its boredom, its disappointments, its fragile hopes and giddy late-night interludes. 6 Things to Do at Home This Weekend 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

When reducing vast amounts of raw footage into a finished film, Pennebaker said, “The one barometer I believe in is boredom. The minute people start to lose interest, that’s it.” Oscar-winning documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker dies at 94 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

No one can match the capacity for boredom of the adolescent, although in my memory the lack that the bored teenager feels so powerfully and personally is that of experience, not meaning. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

And I removed the apps from my phone, the better to assure I wasn't reflexively scrolling whenever a single moment of boredom presented itself. Life after social media: What I discovered after deleting all of my accounts 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

For many people, boredom = eating, dislocation = eating, loneliness = eating. Stay active and curious: 20 tips to help avoid sadness in lockdown 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

In 1972, The New York Times reported on the Ford Motor Company’s plan to fight boredom on the job and an alternative boredom-reduction plan put forward by the United Auto Workers. ArtsBeat Blog: Embattled Intellectual Historians Make a Stand 2011-11-22T13:00:04Z

Plath wrote “L'Ennui” — a French word that describes a feeling of listlessness and boredom — next to a description of the character Daisy’s world-weary view of life: “I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.” What we can learn from reading Sylvia Plath’s copy of "The Great Gatsby" 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

They sully pure white snow with cigarette ash and keep boredom at bay with scarcely secret love affairs. No Shrinking Violets: A Short Story Collection From Roxane Gay 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

Movies are, after all, generally conceived of as diversions from the humdrummery of every day life; as escapes from, or antidotes to, boredom. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

But the overall impression of the work is less of emotional implosion than of expanding boredom. ‘Elena’s Aria,’ Early Work by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

In the episode’s truest moment, a roomful of reporters sit with glazed faces, their mix of deadline nerves and utter boredom palpable, as Mr. Guillen drones through some postgame boilerplate. | 'The Club': The MLB Network Follows the Chicago White Sox 2010-07-16T22:52:00Z

"There's a need to play and to fight boredom and to keep yourself entertained," says Arad, adding that it's a bonus if you can earn a living from it. When Cat's Eyes met Ron Arad 2011-08-16T20:31:00Z

There’s little eye contact between Johnson and Dornan, and chilly silences, and overblown exhalations of boredom. Next question: rewatching the most awkward movie press tours 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

It reminds us that aggravating though it may be to be stuck inside, better to be quarantined with those you've vowed to tolerate than ride out what seems like an eternity of boredom alone. "What We Do In the Shadows" was a vampire comedy. Now it's a feel-good show about quarantine life 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

For that matter, every one of Michael’s interactions—whether with a taxi driver, a desk clerk, a bellhop, or even Lisa’s friend and colleague Emily—is tainted by his irritation, his indifference, his boredom. The Condescending Compassion of Charlie Kaufman’s “Anomalisa” 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

Swirls of Motion in Black and White Many years ago a friend told me that several hours into “Die Walküre” she began to cry with boredom. Dance Review: Swirls of Motion in Black and White 2010-12-06T23:25:00Z

Maybe you — we — are traumatized by months of the weird combination of boredom and menace that covid forced on us. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How does a mom uninterested in ‘normal’ return to it? 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

But I knew of a woman named Manina de Cal and was emboldened by boredom to call her; she invited me to tea on Christmas Day. T Magazine: Vexed in Venice 2011-12-01T00:10:20Z

Ms. Alt’s usual game face for a show is either one of mild boredom or profound boredom. On the Runway Blog: The Best of New York Fashion Week 2012-02-17T20:31:18Z

You’ve got to keep sharp and stimulated, too – boredom can have a huge impact on you psychologically. 'Your ego has to be left at the door': the secret life of the understudy 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

"Stretching cruelly and slowly between anguish and boredom." Even Silence Has an End by Ingrid Betancourt 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z

There is graffiti from the first century at Pompeii that refers to boredom with the ironic sensibility of an ancient Banksy: "Wall!" it exclaims in Latin. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

I was a classic “opt-out,” a woman who traded in a potentially high-powered job for the hearty mix of wonder, boredom and mess that is being a full-time caregiver to small humans. On being a part-time working mom 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

But instead of sleeping, Andy found himself listening to the radio to escape the boredom. ‘I wish I’d told Dad how much I hated him’ – when children ditch their parents 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

It takes some guts to move between intensity and boredom cinematically yet that is what being on the road is. I've never seen ... American Honey | Suzanne Moore 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

The A-Team strikes the right cartoony tone, but then bludgeons you into boredom with action. This week's new films 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

Bloomberg looked at Todd with an expression that was a combination of boredom and annoyance before replying, “Yes, I worked hard.” Perspective | For his first debate, Mike Bloomberg wore a nice suit and a look of boredom 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Wearing a long frock coat, the mezzo-soprano Lacey Jo Benter brings a rich, full voice and youthful restlessness to the Prince, vividly conveying the young man’s boredom and isolation until the moment he meets Cinderella. Opera Review: ‘Cendrillon,’ From Massenet, Is Playing at Juilliard 2014-04-24T22:40:30Z

He even draws all over the white walls with the green crayon he gets as his first "treat" to stave off boredom. The intriguing, well-acted "Immaculate Room" isolates a couple for 50 days as a test of resolve 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

His study is boredom – he even quits his job to pursue it. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z

No. Well that's just I want something to break the boredom. Nick Hornby gave up record stores for Spotify, cigarettes for vaping, and adapting his own books 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

Like the soldiers at the front, the children suffer through boredom and disappointment, and they’re alternately embarrassed and amused by their parents’ sudden fears and sentimentalities. John Boorman Tribute at Film Forum Goes Beyond ‘Deliverance’ 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

You kind of want him to succeed in his petty rebellion against boredom, conformity and corporate blandness, and you kind of want him to be punched in the face. New Directors/New Films Festival Opens With Bold Strokes 2014-03-18T21:30:55Z

Sometimes they reek of plain old boredom — of legends, their Hall of Fame status assured, killing time between greatest-hits tours by knocking out a symphony. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z

More than a wish for excitement, boredom contains a longing for narrative, for engagement that warrants attention to the world. Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

As he joked, "The only two words that promise more boredom in the English language are 'featuring Sting.' " John Oliver rails against cable companies over net neutrality 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

But you don’t get to see the next 30 years of boredom, or anxiety, or terror or concern. In defense of single people 2012-07-09T01:00:00Z

You risk disappointment, but even boredom or disgust can be fun, especially if you have company for your misery. The Movies Are Back. But What Are Movies Now? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

And yet boredom remained part of the point, a boredom I passed through on the way to incredulous admiration. Jan Martens Brings Cheeky Dances to the Abrons Arts Center 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

“Even as they’re experiencing grief as the virus impacts their loved ones, or if their lives are relatively untouched by it, people will be facing isolation, boredom and a need for small joy,” says Quicho. After the virus, what new priorities will we each have? 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

This nightly general knowledge quiz is how the residents of Rue Saint-Bernard, in the 11th district of Paris, are relieving the boredom and isolation of a coronavirus lockdown that is now nearly a month old. Paris neighbours ease lockdown blues with quiz from balconies 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

George sees Jonathan as his wine-guzzling saviour and the two team up to stave off boredom. Your next box set: Bored to Death 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z

“It is only the translation of this boredom and puzzlement into resentment and denunciation that seems to me indefensible.” Making Milton Babbitt’s Legacy Less Fearsome 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

All the ingredients Alan needs to stave off boredom in the Travel Tavern. Six to watch: Alan Partridge's best bits 2012-06-22T11:05:44Z

Being overscheduled leads to a decrease in boredom, which leads to a decrease in imaginative play, which leads to a decrease in creativity. Should these parents let their son quit baseball? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

“It was a pleasure to have dinner and watch TV with my parents. I don’t have to cook for myself. But also, I was extremely bored, and boredom is the enemy of rationality.” ‘We were sexually frustrated’: did it work out for people who texted an ex in lockdown? 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z

It’s not as if we want to take something away from the guys, apart from the boredom of a solely masculine world. A drunk colleague called me a slut. What should I do? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

The boredom that our kids are experiencing is rough for them. Perspective | Advice from Meghan Leahy for parenting through the coronavirus 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

Of the clouds and shadows that hung over Clinton in the press, the darkest, perhaps, was the prospect of boredom. The Frankfurt School Knew Trump Was Coming 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

But it had the desired effect, heightening anticipation and, if not clearing the mind, at least reducing it to a state of undirected boredom. Hand over your cellphone, and obey the gong. Marina Abramovic reinvents Bach. 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

For many of their contemporaries, the 1950s dream of a suburban marriage proved a poison chalice, with many turning to Valium to numb the boredom. Waking up to New York: secrets of the world's most famous women-only hotel 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

But he is funnier when he cuts loose, as with a skit about dull Sundays as a kid, which absurdly exaggerates childhood boredom. Dan Clark ? review 2011-04-11T17:30:52Z

To alleviate the boredom of waiting all day for him to return from his office, she gets a job passing out sausage samples at a grocery store. Movie Review: Sion Sono’s ‘Guilty of Romance,’ a Study in Degradation 2014-03-14T01:34:48Z

The Red Cross brought it to P.O.W. camps to offset monumental boredom. Books of The Times: ‘Ping-Pong Diplomacy,’ by Nicholas Griffin 2014-01-02T22:23:15Z

A few roll their eyes; others visibly display their boredom. Yves Saint Laurent’s ‘Scandal’ Collection 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

He’s motivated a bit by money, a bit by boredom and, in the best hard-boiled tradition, a lot by a desire to get at the truth of the crime. Michael Connelly’s ‘The Crossing’: Harry Bosch goes to the dark side 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

But no: “Black is slimming,” she says, in a tone of dryly funny boredom that’s Mash’s signature, and which Ms. Parsons captures with perfect goth-girl insouciance. Review: ‘Stupid _____ Bird’ Is Chekhov for the 21st Century 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

“I did not want to be there,” Ms. Shapiro sings on “IDC,” continuing, “So I got drunk out of boredom/Is it cool not to care?” Reviews: Jidenna, Chastity Belt, Sicko Mobb and Mickey Guyton 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

Their unending boredom is occasionally interrupted by sermons from the good reverend, who tells them they’re “garbage,” “dumb-dumbs,” and other mild but grating put-downs. “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is still rough around the edges 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

My fear would be a return to boredom and loneliness. Pet chicks, pink hair, an old plane: Explore this illustration of readers' pandemic coping habits

Here she learns the true meaning of boredom and is soon eager to return to her previous life of partying with Kim and Nicole. Gene Weingarten: Have you lost your Marples, Hollywood? 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

Author of "The Perfect Storm" and "War," Junger lived for months with the men, many with the echo of boyhood upon them, surviving drudgery, grit, split-second volatility, boredom and doubt. 'Korengal' shows the lasting effects of war on U.S. soldiers 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Together, they lived in a world of gossip, intrigue and one-upmanship, but really only feared one thing: boredom. An 18th-century Parisian garden of delight can teach us much about what not to do today 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

Here they are riding bikes through the decrepit wilds of Xenia, Ohio, the smalltown boredom cranked so high it came out as transcendence. Pulp Fiction to Magnolia: the best films of the 90s – as chosen by critics 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

“In the inhumanity of boredom,” Svendsen writes, “we gain a perspective on our own humanity.” Review | Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

That type of boredom I think would just destroy us. Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne: We're the only band "used to playing in space bubbles" 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

Children, especially very young children, learn through play, creativity, some healthy boredom and raw materials. The summer backslide 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

After a year, George sensed boredom coming our way, so we got into his white Mitsubishi and set off to visit family and friends, a dozen or so in 10 Eastern states. Modern Love: Age Is No Obstacle to Love, or Adventure 2013-09-12T18:12:17Z

"Today's boredom is not hungry, a response to deprivation; it is a loss of cultural appetite, in response to the surfeit of claims on your attention and time." The tyranny of cultural choice is making my brain gasp 2012-10-28T20:00:13Z

With their romantic gesture, they overcame the horrific boredom and humiliation of the concentration camp. Wu Ming's top 10 utopias 2013-05-29T12:00:01Z

As a kid I read indiscriminately, mostly to avoid boredom. Please Don’t Ask Elizabeth Kolbert How She Organizes Her Books 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Often, I scapegoat others for my own boredom via the reviewer’s best friend: the fabled “many viewers.” Riff: Eating Your Cultural Vegetables 2011-05-01T07:43:01Z

In short, the story is a metaphor for how Alice uses her imagination to quench her boredom; Carroll says her favorite phrase is "let's pretend." Movie Review: Taking the Wonder Out of Wonderland 2010-02-26T23:10:00Z

From boredom, loneliness, habit, hedonism, lack of self-confidence; as stress relief or a short-cut to euphoria; to bury the past, obliterate the present or escape the future. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z

The themes of my film — Lea's boredom — meant there were going to be scenes of her tanning. Examining "what consent means" for a teenage girl in audacious "Palm Trees and Power Lines" 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

Wallace sketches in the first bare strokes of something here and there — characters wrestle with their boredom and think about how they might get promoted. Unfinished Business 2011-03-31T11:15:00Z

A posthumous future where “You have nothing to fear” and “There is nothing you can do wrong” sounds like infinite boredom — inhuman and alienating in its contentment. Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z

Cornelia Vanderbilt, George and Edith’s only child, could stand to live in her inheritance for only seven years before the debts and the boredom crushed her. Biltmore House, America’s Original McMansion 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

He finds, maybe, a value in boredom, which I also kind of relate to. In ‘Paterson’ and ‘Silence,’ Adam Driver wrestles with poetry and piety 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Like many others, she notes the drugs offered relief from the boredom. Pride and pain in Trump country: 'We all grew up poor, but we had a community' 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

Futility and disconnection seem to be among the points of the piece, which acknowledges and invites the audience’s boredom. Review: ‘Hand Foot Fizzle Face’ Explores Futility and Disconnection 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Kids who are always bored in their leisure time, says Caldwell, are in danger of developing “long-term boredom, where nothing is ever interesting.” What to Do When Your Kid Gets Bored This Summer 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

And though the work is in some sense about boredom and waiting, much of it becomes too tedious. ‘Rosas Danst Rosas’ Revisits a Choreographer’s Early Work 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

“The Pale King,” David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel about I.R.S. agents struggling against boredom, may be unfinished, but it is still 548 pages long. ArtsBeat: David Foster Wallace, Self-Help Reader 2011-04-11T19:20:13Z

James Fenton wrote in The New York Times Book Review in 1985 that when he read Mr. Ashbery’s work, there were times “when I actually thought I was going to burst into tears of boredom.” John Ashbery, Prize-Winning Poet, Is Dead at 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

Her bedside manner is brisk and kind, her boredom nonjudgmental. Yrsa Daley-Ward Breaks Out of the “Instapoetry” Pack with Her Memoir “The Terrible” 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Strenuous action precludes boredom, and there’s little moral ambiguity to worry about. “The Revenant” is Trump, “Spotlight” is Bernie: What this best picture race tells us about our divided America 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

A problem deeper than boredom nagged at me, though. A Lesbian Who’s Not a Lesbian Walks Into a Bar, and ... 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. Cornwell had harbored artistic aspirations since boyhood, and “going mad with boredom” with his work in intelligence, he began writing what would become his first novel, “Call for the Dead.” Review: Adam Sisman’s ‘John le Carré: The Biography’ 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z

Piper does a decent job of playing downtrodden 1950s housewife Betty, whose boredom leads her to a risky, tragic affair with Polish neighbour Craze. The Grand National 2010-04-10T05:45:00Z

The “fighters,” however, stare at each other with scornful boredom, then leave. The NY Cat Film Festival Is Here. And No One’s Allergic to Movies. 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

In the most heartfelt chapter of his book Retromania, the music critic Simon Reynolds admits to a strange nostalgia for the boredom of his youth. The tyranny of cultural choice is making my brain gasp 2012-10-28T20:00:13Z

Despite the obstacles, early career film-makers are finding ways to create new work without straying outdoors, meanwhile mastering their technique and staving off boredom. Will the lockdown trigger a new wave of kitchen sink cinema? 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

Why not trade pain and boredom for kicks and style? Just a Book? No, More Like a Trusty Companion 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

For all its shining choruses and bright, perky chords, this Welsh quintet's second album is a murky thing, digging into the human heart to find disappointment, frustration and boredom. Race Horses: Furniture – review 2012-11-29T21:00:01Z

The opening scene was a neat illustration of Alicia’s suspended state of boredom and humiliation after being forced to drop out of the state’s attorney’s election that she had honestly won. 'The Good Wife' Recap: I Can't Take Another Failure 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

No empty hours in which to find boredom, or to wallow in longing or anxiety. My Favorite Vacation: Summer Camp 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Tom Rosenberg, the president and chief executive of the ACA, says kids, many of whom are struggling with anxiety, loneliness and boredom, may need a camp experience more this year than ever. After a draining spring, parents face the prospect of a summer without a lifeline: Camp 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

“It was,” Orwell wrote, “one of the things that helped to console people for the boredom of being bombed.” DVDs: Thrills From British Vaults 2010-06-20T02:00:00Z

Though they often have the built-in advantage of following famous people around, they aren't immune to boredom and eye-rolling faux depth. 25 great rockumentaries every music (and movie) fan should see 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

Your child outgrows the curriculum or expresses boredom and begins to misbehave? Perspective | Play vs. learning for a young child: Ignore the opinionated relatives and trust your gut 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Encyclopedias, gazetteers, even boredom itself now seems obsolete. iPhones make lousy dermatologists 2013-02-04T19:08:00Z

How do you combat loneliness or boredom when you're in the thick of working on a project, and also not get distracted by everything that's available to us now? Nick Hornby gave up record stores for Spotify, cigarettes for vaping, and adapting his own books 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

Perhaps because they have chosen to be there, they don’t have the look of sullen resentment and cultivated boredom that glazes the faces of the high school students glimpsed now and again. | 'Poetry': Consider an Apple, Consider the World 2011-02-10T22:31:06Z

They appear to have no perceptible objectives, and boredom cannot entirely be quelled by talk of which Playboy centerfold is more enticing. Review: ‘Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait,’ as Grim as It Is Cryptic 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

The thing about A.D.H.D. is you have a pathological fear of boredom, so it forced me to never have a job that is boring, and I think that is a blessing. After ‘Please Like Me,’ Josh Thomas’s New Show Is All Fiction 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

I wanted to get at both the boredom and flimsiness of it but also at its power—how your sense of self and scale might dissolve in that landscape of interchangeability. Ben Lerner on Adolescence and His Forthcoming Novel 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

Kate, a socialite, thinks she may actually be dying of boredom. ‘Intelligent Life’ Review: Cecily Strong’s ‘Awerobics’ Workout 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

Those of you who have spent time in an airplane recently, browsing through SkyMall to kill the boredom, have probably seen a few handheld scanners advertised. Best portable scanner on the market 2012-11-04T17:00:00Z

We expect the show to recreate itself with each new incarnation of the main character, and that in-built drive towards novelty helps it remain sharp, even as other shows trend towards repetition and boredom. Why Doctor Who is Pop Culture Sci-Fi At Its Best 2013-03-15T13:30:58Z

Ms. Sullivan astutely reinterpreted “In Buddy’s Eyes” and “Being Alive” as wised-up, bitterly cynical expressions of marital boredom and stagnation by a wife feeling trapped in her marriage. KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar Reflect a New Era 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

It depicted an America so plagued by tedium and meaningless routine that its citizens are in danger of dying of boredom. Books of The Times: David Foster Wallace Biography by D. T. Max 2012-08-22T14:21:10Z

Out of lonely boredom, you open the top drawer of the nightstand. Provoking discussion, not riots: Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an” is quietly transgressive, eschewing the satirical depictions of the Prophet Muhammad that grab headlines 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

Alas, in “The Dog,” the narrator barely budges from his unhappy little cocoon, and there are no captivating characters like Ramkissoon to alleviate his spiral of self-pity — or the reader’s boredom. ‘The Dog,’ the Latest by Joseph O’Neill, of ‘Netherland’ 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

"I might die young or I might die old, but I will never die of boredom," Bates said in a 1980s interview. 'Prince Roy of Sealand' Roy Bates dead at 91 2012-10-10T16:34:08Z

She studies the way boredom and terror, not a combination humans are accustomed to, mingle and ferment. ‘Wuhan Diary’ Offers an Angry and Eerie View From Inside Quarantine 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

All of them hold the promise of warding off boredom and — maybe — earning users a moment of online celebrity. The Social Media Challenges Helping Keep Boredom at Bay 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Confined to her flat and filled with disappointment and boredom, Yara, 39 decided to create a YouTube channel for her show “Leo the Lion and his Friends”. Locked-down puppeteer brings her characters to life in Madrid flat 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Myrtle Beach's family-friendly allure grows from its flashy attractions and the guarantee that, rain or shine, your vacation will never suffer boredom. Myrtle Beach Family Guide 2010-05-06T16:06:00Z

There's fear and horror, of course, but also boredom and excitement; some are direct and descriptive, others poetic and elegiac. Bang Goes the Theory 2010-09-07T23:04:00Z

After boredom set in, they began singing a cappella versions of hits to pass the time. New band of the day ? No 761: Nightbus 2010-04-07T16:03:00Z

Still, Ms. Moss said, many readers related to the claustrophobia, anxiety and boredom that her characters endure in “The Fell,” which will be released in the United States next month. The Problem With the Pandemic Plot 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

“The epitome of boredom,” he avoids anxiety or trouble of any kind. Book review: ‘The Global War on Morris,’ a political satire by Congressman Steve Israel 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

But Mr. Anderson was in control of everything here, and he properly sounded a note of boredom with an over-designed world. On the Runway: At London Fashion Week, an Emphasis on the Ordinary 2013-09-15T08:34:09Z

Hobsbawm was obsessed with boredom; his experience of it appears at least twenty-seven times in Evans’s biography. Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

Despite its bad reputation, boredom is secretly powerful and quite wonderful. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Tester dreams of escaping Kingsport, and boredom; teenage girls explain how their social media crushes provide an escape from real-life bullying and adolescent blues. Jawline: behind the social media documentary about short-lived fame 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Speaking of boredom, it is appropriate and needed for your child to not be entertained. Perspective | When a young son is an early riser, but a parent is not 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

Yet we get the sense that these amateur raids are conducted as much to alleviate boredom as provide pocket money. ‘Low Tide’ Review: Jersey Boys to Jersey Men 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Other surveys have shown that people’s fear of boredom is similar to their fear of cancer. Emptiness doesn't have to mean nothingness: it could mean happiness 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

In place of the daily grind, their children have discovered boredom, which is the birthplace of creativity. Perspective | My kids seem happier since the pandemic slowed life down. Should I be worried? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

Female labourers and housewives passed the stories onto one another to dispense shared wisdom, or else to break up the boredom of another working day as they toiled away from the prying eyes of men. How Cinderella lost its original feminist edge in the hands of men 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Jamison draws a distinction between boredom and lethargy. 'Start a daily routine – and make the weekends different': the isolation experts' guide to lockdown living 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

While the grinding boredom of grunt life feels realistic, sharing the slow passing of time with the soldiers places a burden on the audience, as we begin to feel the oppressive tedium ourselves. Review: ‘Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait,’ as Grim as It Is Cryptic 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

They can arise just as easily from a place of fear or anxiety or boredom as from arousal. I fall for strangers: I thought my fantasies made me writerly and special — it took decades to see how they were ruining my life 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

Turkey is definitely a meat that can lend itself to boredom; unless prepared correctly, you’ll be left with a tasteless pile of dry, bland bites. The 6 most bonkers turkey preparations, from Cheetos crusts to glitter gobblers 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

The writer wants the novel to express his own “boredom, vanity, monotony” — not usually a promising idea for a book. Experimental Literature That Tests Family Bonds and Routines 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

There’s plenty of downstairs gossip, second-guessing of the higher-ups and the boredom you might expect in someone relegated to a humdrum job for centuries on end. Gandalf’s room was a mess: “The Lord of the Rings” retold from the perspective of Rivendell’s housekeeper 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

In fact, the latter suggests a far more active engagement – although nowadays heckling and walking out are generally a way to express moral repugnance rather than sheer boredom. Should there be more heckling in the theatre? 2012-11-06T13:11:21Z

In a sense, he’s re-created the psychological experience of battle: the weird interludes of happiness and boredom suddenly shattered by incomprehensible disorder. Review | In Paul Yoon’s ‘Run Me to Earth,’ three orphans struggle to survive in the deadliest place on earth 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

But, for the most part, all I felt was an overwhelming sense of boredom. Star Trek v Star Wars: Star Trek v Star Wars: fans weigh in on the timeless debate 2013-05-17T13:50:00Z

Judging by the results, boredom set in fairly quickly and artistic individuality increasingly asserted itself. Art in Review: Work 2013-07-18T21:02:01Z

Those run the gamut from boredom and irritation to absolute delight. Old Masters and Fresh Surprises at the New York Film Festival 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

“No Choice” sums up the stasis of the pandemic: limited mobility, boredom, yearning, questioning, resignation. Tame Impala’s Disco-Prog Shrug, and 9 More New Songs 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

As such, nobody in this flick loses anything by starring in it, since we've all agreed that it is a frivolous, wacky and occasionally explosive substitute for boredom. Netflix's "Gunpowder Milkshake" is another dumb fun lark about women who kill 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

And much like real summer camp, there are moments of adventure, immaturity, boredom, love, self-discovery, and, of course, an underlying feeling that you don’t really want to be at summer camp anyway. Tyler, the Creator is His Own Worst Enemy on Wolf 2013-04-03T11:00:02Z

Even wonderful people experience sickness, sadness, and boredom. We’ll Always Have Pawnee 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

It also means being aware of other physical sensations such as tension, fatigue and thirst, and emotional states such as anxiety or boredom. Perspective | How to eat mindfully in the real world — and that doesn’t mean distraction-free 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

Which means they will claim boredom, and more than likely they will whine about it. How to Entertain Your Kids This Summer 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

The first, as Bishop’s comment implies, is that they can involve a deadly combination of boredom and sympathetic embarrassment. Poetry in Performance in New York 2011-10-06T22:17:39Z

Murnane’s sentences are little dialectics of boredom and beauty, flatness and depth. A Strange Australian Masterpiece About Our Relationship to the Land 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

But as the fifth season gets underway, Gene's existential boredom and anxiety cranks up to a full panic that one suspects is a key element of the series' endgame. "Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk: Season 5 will go "more wrong than it's ever gone" before 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

He tends to be against boredom and in favor of the pursuit of nonsobriety. Books of The Times: ?Holidays in Heck,? by P. J. O?Rourke - Review 2011-11-29T23:13:18Z

During his daily periods of boredom J. P. Powers was given to thought. ‘Hot and Unhappy in Unwise Shoes’: A William Trevor Sampler 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Or ironising Proust, whom a vigilant desire for possession and knowledge imprisons in a pendulum that swings between suffering and boredom? Which writer taught me most about love? 2012-02-10T22:55:10Z

Considering how integral Lil Wayne is to the DNA of contemporary hip-hop, he’s been a ghost of late, a victim of hip-hop’s rapid turnover, intractable label problems and perhaps his own boredom. The Playlist: Lil Wayne Recaptures His Old Magic and 8 More New Songs 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

Social services are available and get used, if only out of boredom. My heroin addict friend: thrown in jail, a rebound in rehab – now Shelly has hope 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

I began studying boredom six years ago during a creative dry spell. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

There was no sense of boredom or squirming. Music: Face the Music, Teenage Alt-Classical Ensemble 2012-03-25T02:43:04Z

Setting the proper workout pace, or the distribution of energy during exercise, deflects boredom and fatigue, syncs body and mind, and enables the everyday exerciser to keep pushing the envelope. To make the most of a workout, experts say set the proper pace 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

The subsequent sessions followed the same format, with all of us sharing how our meditations were going, troubleshooting things like noisy spouses or boredom or, in my case, always falling asleep. A 20-Minute Exercise You Can Do Anywhere 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

The protagonist of “Mr. Mercedes” is Bill Hodges, a retired Midwestern homicide detective who, somewhat unconvincingly, is contemplating killing himself out of boredom and regret. “Mr. Mercedes”: How Stephen King’s killers mirror real-life murderers 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

Juan’s attraction to the antiquities he covets isn’t motivated only by boredom or greed, but also by a sense of their mystical power. Review: In ‘Museo,’ Two Slackers Pull Off a Daring Heist 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

It is the boredom and deadpan hilarity that keeps you glued. Your next box set: Bored to Death 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z

I'm saying that boredom is a productive and indeed revolutionary force, by the way, not that its results are always or everywhere pleasant. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z

They were all enjoying themselves much more than the teens, though by the end of the trip the ship ran out of surprises and dangerous boredom set in. I went on a freaking cruise 2012-12-09T13:00:00Z

Reichert answers carefully – my guess is that she has been briefed to boredom by publicists. The Obamas' first film: will American Factory be the biggest documentary of 2019? 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

My approach to the fighting was otherwise traditional — hundreds of tiny arrows winging their way through the boredom of my history lesson and over every land mass from Greenland to Australia. My teenage nuclear fantasies: Imagining apocalypse in America’s atomic age 2014-05-08T12:15:00Z

Having said that, I don’t doubt that there are plenty of current and former soldiers who’ve read a couple of pages and chucked it aside in disgust or boredom. Q. and A.: Kevin Powers and Ben Fountain, National Book Award Nominees 2012-11-13T17:21:36Z

Svendsen describes boredom as an absence of meaning, and in this sense Nausea made being bored an act of rebellion. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

This tale is jauntier: God, we are told, created humans, who immediately created boredom. Review: Peter Brook Asks the Ultimate Question in ‘Why?’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

If there is a renaissance in New York — wrought either by the down economy or just boredom with the same old thing — Tillman’s embodies it. Bo?te | Tillman?s: Soulful Music at Its Heart 2010-02-26T23:42:00Z

“People are tired of wearing just sweatshirts and leggings,” said Jaehee Jung, a fashion psychologist and professor at the University of Delaware, adding that boredom tends to drive a lot of consumer trends. We Have Reached Peak ‘Exercise Dress’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

And then it ended, and nobody noticed because they had all died of boredom three weeks earlier. From Top Gear to The X-Files: the six worst TV shows of 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

For me, those empty, quiet nights were a reminder of the boredom that pushed me into the arms of books in the first place. Did the Pandemic Change Summer Reading for Good? I Hope So. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

But beyond scrupulous detail about the numbing boredom and the agitating misery of working in such a psyche-warping environment, the play has little to offer by way of drama. Theater Review: ?Assistance,? by Leslye Headland, Revolves Around Absent Boss 2012-02-29T00:09:35Z

We'll rebuild the rest To look like Welwyn mixed with Middle West In among this landscape, there lurks one more source of inspiration that runs between English poetry and pop: boredom. Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

“Interviews mumbled and blotted, the simplest of earnest rehearsed queries lost and pondered and lost again … The endless noisy boredom of the tour.” Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

So perfect, that he soon stops going to work and spurns normal society in order spend his time sitting there and endeavouring to embrace boredom. Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z

Ms. Gayle is persuasive as the self-absorbed teenager who jumps between the usual modes of feeling, resentment and boredom. | 'Family Week': Beth Henley Revival Opens at Lucille Lortel 2010-05-05T02:26:00Z

There’s no question of boredom or a waning of desire through marital familiarity. Women and desire: the six ages of sex 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Research suggests that chronic boredom is responsible for a profusion of negative outcomes such as overeating, gambling, truancy, antisocial behaviour, drug use, accidents, risk taking and much more. Why are we so bored? 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

“I needed a gentler way to work my body and also something to combat the boredom I was feeling,” she said recently. Urban Athlete: Triathlon Training: Rigorous Pursuit That?s on the Rise 2011-09-08T23:00:08Z

With all due respect to Jean Twenge, the deep boredom that school generates at least some of the time surely habituates children to the experience of non-stimulation. Is The Atlantic making us stupid? 2012-09-10T16:26:00Z

But as spectacle goes, it’s entertaining, and the fast pace is insurance against boredom. Acrobatics and High Winds in ‘Fuerza Bruta: Wayra’ 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

And when his family moves to Costa Rica, he records tracks out of boredom. Stephen Stills: A classic rock Zelig 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

“Sometimes there’s something holding them back from expressing it, such as boredom or autism,” she says. The “rage to master”: What it takes for those scary-smart kids to succeed 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

Its ascent towards canonical status, though, embodies a thoroughly digital breed of boredom. The 10 best words the internet has given English 2013-04-17T09:19:32Z

After the boredom and brilliance of the previous 17 episodes, Lynch signed off the return with another finale that left fans with a mix of lingering doubt, satisfaction and a desire to know more. The best TV episodes of 2017, from The Deuce to Line of Duty 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

“It has the same rhythms as combat,” Mr. Oswalt says, “where it’s a lot of boredom, and then incredible tension, and either victory or just crushing failure.” Review: CNN’s ‘History of Comedy’ Has Good Timing 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

It's why he wages his own one-man war in the cinema against boredom: you can experience many things watching his films, but you will never complain of longueurs. What Danny Boyle did next 2010-12-05T00:04:00Z

It was a consequence of clumsy partners, perfunctory routines, incomplete education, boredom and the chafe of overfamiliarity. What I learned talking to 120 women about their sex lives and desires 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Stress and tension can open these gates, as can boredom, lack of activity and focusing attention on pain. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z

With an air of boredom, Newman ran through the list of tactics he’d turn to if he couldn’t prevent the clinic from opening. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z

In meditation, you get to practice cool boredom with yourself. Practicing the Perfections of Meditation, and Love 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Everyone apparently loved Manet, including Degas, but Mr. Smee makes the case that Degas may have too accurately captured a boredom in Manet’s marriage, causing Manet to lash out against the canvas. ‘The Art of Rivalry’ Dissects Four Jostling Pairs of Artists 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

Thirteen artists attempt to answer the question, and the results tie in escape, boredom and environmental destruction. The Week Ahead: model trains and a little naughty fun 2013-12-18T23:08:04Z

It was also an interlude of hoarding, and of drunkenness, lawlessness and licentiousness, born of boredom and anarchy. Paul Theroux Recalls a Fear-Filled Lockdown 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

The boredom of the first impoverished generations of Parisian bohemians produced Impressionist painting and Symbolist poetry. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z

Before the pandemic, podcasts helped me stave off boredom on long-haul flights and kept me company during sleepless nights when my body was in one time zone and my mind was in another. With travel podcasts, explore the world through your ear buds 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, a novel about boredom is, more than occasionally, boring. Books of The Times: Maximized Revenue, Minimized Existence 2011-03-31T21:14:33Z

In retrospect, it is not hard to see why audiences avoided it: it is an incredibly gloomy black-and-white portrait of boredom and the Thatcherite recession. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Some are overwhelmed by boredom or personal worry. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

For the first few hundred miles, he moans of sore feet and boredom. Into the Wild: Three books celebrate the joys of life in nature 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Two months earlier, in July — six days after my 19th birthday and at the height of the pandemic — I had downloaded Hinge out of boredom and curiosity. May We Please Just Date Without Hate? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

The truth: We'd settle for Cole as a facsimile of Drake with more songs about boredom in boudoirs and paranoia in penthouses. New band of the day - No 840 J Cole 2010-08-04T16:17:00Z

If there is one feeling that Americans dread, it is boredom. Donald Trump and the hobbling of shame: David Foster Wallace warned us about reality TV and we didn’t listen 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

You convey a palpable sense of boredom in the film, but you manage to make it interesting. In "Los Lobos," two boys who flee Mexico discover that the American Dream isn't Disneyland 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

As bulwarks against boredom go, in this life or the next, one could do a lot worse than Frank Kuppner. The Same Life Twice by Frank Kuppner – review 2012-08-24T21:45:03Z

Most nights young women in short shorts and exaggerated makeup lounged in the massage chairs in varying degrees of boredom, and the space was lit in pink. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z

And the guests include some fascinating Canadian artists who deserve broader recognition, including the “slow” painter Margaux Williamson, who speaks about how “boredom and patience leads to complicated things.” 10 Binge-Worthy Art Podcasts in the Age of Coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

But boredom set in, and he dropped out. Jack Tilton, Art Dealer With an Eye for the New, Dies at 66 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

There's a real sense of writer boredom creeping in, with too much saying and not enough seeing. Dexter season eight preview: is it the right time to kill the show? 2013-07-05T11:37:00Z

Part of that, she said, was boredom from reading “a hell of lot of scripts with characters that were the supportive girlfriend/wife.” Keira Knightley, Making Her Broadway Debut, Is Not Afraid of the Dark 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

According to my editor, the surest way to find out is to make me consume all 13 50-minute episodes in a single sitting and see if I die of boredom in the process. One man vs Civilisation 2011-02-05T00:03:00Z

Then, like a true villain, Paul stomped on many’s hopes and dreams by interjecting with a cheap “juuuuuust kidding, boredom got the best of me.” “Breaking Bad” star Aaron Paul breaks hearts with truly bad “Jesse-centered” spin-off hoax 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

As has often been repeated, "The Pale King" is "about boredom," although that is only where it starts. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z

If a young person’s first experience with Shakespeare is boredom or confusion, it may put them off him for a long time. In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z

When you expect that an action will be accompanied by feelings of irritability, anxiety or boredom, it’s usually possible to let that feeling arise and fade, while doing the action anyway. Oliver Burkeman's last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

Restless and free-associative, he’s best when bouncing from one idea to the next, sticking around just long enough to master it, then splitting before boredom or self-consciousness sets in. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-10T20:45:00Z

I am now of an age where I know sex can mean many things: validation, forgiveness, boredom. Let’s have more sex in the movies – but please can it be the fun type? 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

Now in its 35th year, the company’s antidote to summer boredom has swelled into one of the world’s largest music events. All that jazz 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Letterman subverted the format's tradition of geniality with his own grouchy personality, not fearing to display boredom with a guest. David Letterman to be awarded Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

The disruptions caused by the pandemic have also created a new cohort of swindlers, some driven by economic desperation, others by boredom. That $1,000 Bourbon You Bought May Be a Phony 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

They always had energy, they insist, and boredom is not in the family. The 100-year-old couple – still married, still going strong 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

That, invariably, is a recipe for the sworn enemy of pop – boredom. Has Radio 1 killed the jingle? 2012-08-15T19:00:08Z

Her life becomes a frenzied scheme to avoid boredom. In ‘Adèle,’ a Young Woman Pounds Champagne, Spurns Hermès and Destroys Lives 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

There is no rage more instructive and ultimately salutary than that sparked by the person next to you, coughing and shifting and rustling his program in abject boredom. Hand over your cellphone, and obey the gong. Marina Abramovic reinvents Bach. 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

His own prose, he told Roth, had always been “barer, quicker, less intense and striking than yours,” but “yours perhaps errs in the direction of excess, beating a subject to death or boredom.” Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

“The Wild Party” is not a blithe, fun musical: Its characters are starkly pinned between seedy dissolution and desperate boredom, which can be an aggravating place. Review | Strong cast throws a spirited ‘Wild Party’ at the Source 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

“To avoid boredom, I guess? To feel alive?” Review | Gregg Araki’s ‘Now Apocalypse’ is so preoccupied by sex that it forgets to have an apocalypse 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

The days when Brooklyn meant “baseball, boredom and bad breath,” to quote a dig apocryphally attributed to Barbra Streisand, are long gone. Jonathan Safran Foer, Oliver Stone and Javier Marías, Brooklyn Bound 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kjartansson is dedicated to what he calls the “divine boredom” of such marathon performances. ‘The Visitors,’ by Ragnar Kjartansson 2013-01-06T04:59:41Z

Most of the thousands of faces in the painting were generic renditions of martial agony, ecstasy, or battlefield boredom. A Giant and Long-Contested Civil War Painting Returns to Its Former Glory 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

But why would you want to encounter "an oasis of horror in a desert of boredom" in the leisurely days of summer? Summer voyages: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño 2013-07-29T12:59:01Z

At one time we used to say we were bringing the boredom back to Sunday, and that might be overstating it, but it's that kind of thing. Jarvis Cocker on radio: this isn't hardcore 2012-09-26T19:00:05Z

It's also important to mix things up, as following the same routine every day can quickly lead to boredom and exercise avoidance. What can you do to speed up your metabolism? 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z

Tom blunts his guilt and boredom with booze swigged straight from the bottle. Review: ‘Good Kill’ Stars Ethan Hawke Fighting Enemies Half a World Away 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The lyrics grapple with boredom, peer pressure, insomnia and other aggravations, but the Bots’ message isn’t particularly verbal. Kindness, Vök and the Bots Release New Albums 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

In his fiction and nonfiction he mapped this new America that was entertaining itself to death and reeling at once from overstimulation and boredom, information overload and emotional numbness. Book Review: ‘Both Flesh and Not’ by David Foster Wallace 2012-11-15T16:55:36Z

And from the book, so you do really get this sense of just what you’re trying to do while on tour, to stave off the boredom. “No one can live with this much pain and anger, it’s gonna kill me”: Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh on Vic Chesnutt’s suicide, PTSD and why songwriters are “pretty broken” 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z

From their research they will learn how their boredom may ebb and flow before finally leveling off into the pleasant hum of old age. Modern Love: Good Enough? That’s Great 2014-01-31T21:20:45Z

These antics often seemed like a way of staving off the boredom and loneliness of his travels. The Tragic Death of Mark Baumer, a Prolific Poet and Environmental Activist for the Social-Media Age 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

This month's BBC Music Magazine dares to ask music critics which classical works make them "weep with boredom". Bored by Brahms? Do you find Telemann tedious? 2011-07-06T12:06:36Z

For a writer, this is incredibly rich territory—just as long as you are ready to bear the boredom, the mediocrity, and the disillusionment. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

The mountain gorillas looked me over with what I took to be boredom, but the rangers leading me knew better. Seeing mountain gorillas up close in eastern Congo 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

There are nonetheless several things to be said in defence of the idea of a boredom that goes beyond a situation, but is overwhelming rather than depressing. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Or is she using him to escape small-town boredom and demonstrate her networking skills? 'Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best': Half of duo steals this gig 2012-09-27T20:23:07Z

The principal threats seem to be boredom and loneliness, although it's true that each man must carry a shotgun every time he leaves the station. "How I Ended This Summer": A thriller from the Russian Arctic 2011-02-04T01:30:00Z

It's boredom, it's working at home, it's the deliciousness of crisps, it's hormones, it's a culture of grazing. Suzanne Moore: 'I've joined the gym!' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

The boredom may be excruciating at first, but your children will find a way to be creative. Perspective | Should you move closer to your kids’ school? Maybe, but consider the alternatives first. 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

At the top of his list of issues to discuss: stamina and boredom. A Real-Life GIF in Central Park 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Shar's hands drop, her face glazes over once more with boredom. NW by Zadie Smith – extract 2012-08-17T21:55:12Z

It’s boredom, not pity, that drives Katharina to shelter a Jewish fugitive for a night, a decision that will finally, catastrophically, set the family’s exodus in motion. 750,000 Germans Fled East Prussia in 1945. A Novelist Imagines One Family’s Exodus. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

But I wouldn't like to say which activity – thinking in lieu of writing or unloading cement – is most susceptible to boredom. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

But at the end of the first short phrase, the clock can’t help having some fun, breaking up the boredom by throwing in a moment of syncopated rhythm. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Above 117 on the Boredom Proneness Scale, you are practically lying prone with boredom. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

And I remember saying to him, that I thought he'd got it the wrong way round – that really, life was first fear, then boredom. Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

One definition of boredom is a kind of confinement. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

American Idol "American Idol's" pageant of boredom In its buildup-to-payoff ratio, the "American Idol" finale might be the most bloated, least thrilling TV event of any given year. "American Idol's" pageant of boredom 2011-05-26T12:27:00Z

That is The Cavern, duffel coats and feigned boredom. The Beatles: a trigger for a musical revolution 2012-10-04T09:56:03Z

Whether a sign of boredom or resentment or both, Mr. Bieber’s 100-mile stare was the steadiest feature of his performance here. A Weary Justin Bieber Brings His World Apology Tour to Brooklyn 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Hristov shows how words lead to actions, how jealousy and boredom blend with prejudice into a toxic brew. ‘Fear’ Review: Stranger in a Strange Land 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

In short, she adds, “What causes suffering is not the hellfire, but respectability and boredom.” A poignant tour of the Azerbaijani capital’s Old City — in 17 minutes 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

Everyone deals with the boredom of lockdown differently, but for many, an easy way to pass the time is to binge-watch movies and TV shows. Farmers paint cow to look like tiger after watching 'Tiger King' 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

It’s the eve of his disciplinary hearing for the unspecified offense that has landed him in this purgatory, and his resentment and boredom are obvious. ‘The Guilty’ Review: Dial R for Redemption 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

McDonagh reminds us that it is also a world of rain, loneliness and boredom, from which the young yearn to escape. Review 2010-07-21T23:59:00Z

He talks in the opening scene about enduring boredom, and “The Killer” is, quite honestly, an endurance test as the character creates a mess and then cleans it up. David Fincher cast the wrong "Killer" in the Netflix thriller that lacks the auteur's usual edge 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z

“Coming up with another perfect combination of peonies and lilacs is a recipe for perpetual boredom,” he said. The Gimlet Eye: Party Planners Need Friends With Benefits 2010-05-26T20:53:00Z

And since "fewer people are watching television over the Fourth," he added, "I suppose fewer die of boredom." Andy Rooney exiting '60 Minutes' this Sunday 2011-09-27T22:20:10Z

It also creates moments of adventure and intrigue, such as the unexpected overlapping of spaces, which counter the potential boredom of big schools. Amazing Grace 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z

I need something to watch to take my mind off the inherent boredom of being on a treadmill, elliptical, etc. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘30 for 30’ 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

The consumers aren't being conned, they are colluding – anything to keep the boredom levels down. So girls are not all as nice as pie. And your point is? 2011-01-02T00:07:17Z

There's boredom too that one needs to attend. For these guys, it's about finding that rhythm 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

He resented “the boredom of sitting in the gallery, and people are sitting on their Internets,” he said. Antiques: Furniture Sleuthing on Long Island 2010-06-10T21:47:00Z

Then, if a child ever complains of boredom, point him or her in the direction of the fun wall. Just say no to an over-programmed summer 2011-05-30T14:35:04Z

Of course I want him to experience some boredom. Perspective | Our 9-year-old has an unhealthy obsession with online games. What can we do? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

It's "the fruition of boredom" which needs to be admitted, and perhaps it's a harder admission than infidelity, since it's intrinsic: "the equation of us". Poem of the week: Fruition by Rhian Edwards 2012-06-18T11:24:52Z

If your own boredom is the biggest obstacle to be overcome in “Gifted Hands,” the actors don’t look any more thrilled to be there. Ben Carson’s hilariously bad TV biopic: Outrageously incoherent and brimming with obnoxious politics, it’s a quintessential Carson calling card 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

But that was enough to let boredom slip in. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

Pretty good: a song seemingly born of teenage boredom and malingering, yet clearly full of artistic self-consciousness, using French fries as totems, expressing self-criticism and defiance. Cherry Glazerr at Mercury Lounge 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Part of that new and, for some, renewed interest may stem from a simple need to fight off boredom. How The Sims Became the Internet’s Most Exciting Place to Eat 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z

Armies of environmental health inspectors declared war on the old slums with compulsory purchase orders, their miserable stigmatised occupants bulldozed off to remote soulless estates to die of loneliness and boredom. Rewind TV: All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry; The Secret History of Our Streets; The Apprentice 2012-06-09T23:05:47Z

For at least some audience members, disgust and boredom have definitely prevailed. | 'Burning' : Thomas Bradshaw?s ?Burning? at Acorn Theater - Review 2011-11-15T03:18:36Z

This is a man who is drawing all of his enemies to him due to boredom, and that’s not even the risky part. Hannibal recap: season three, episode five – Contorno 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

The early musing on boredom is soon displaced by a sometimes sweet, but generally sour love story. Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z

What Barker-Froyland captures exquisitely, amid the modest and familiar world of “Song One,” is the strange combination of boredom and regret that often accompanies medical emergency. “Song One”: Why I can’t hate Anne Hathaway’s Brooklyn romance 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

If existential boredom is the knowledge that anything can happen, and therefore nothing has meaning, adolescent boredom is the awareness that anything can happen and the conviction that nothing ever does. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Willowy young women in beehive hairdos and bright raincoats, feigning boredom and pretend-smoking Players, flirted with the coppers on horseback who kept a wary eye on us and shooed away nosy drunks. The Beatles Awaken a New Sensation 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

Bob Woodward, he says, “checks his facts until they weep with boredom.” Review: Clive James, Writing Toward the Twilight 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

And what a story it is, moving from the cosy boredom of rural Australia, to exotic Egypt, to operating theatres and medical staging points, from Gallipoli to Lemnos to Rouen and Amiens. The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally – review 2012-11-09T22:50:01Z

Think of jazz as the sound of thinking, as the craving for freedom – from boredom, obviousness, segregation, constraint, earthbound everydayness – rather than the over-organised nostalgic soundtrack to smoky clichés about an impression of cool. Paul Morley showing off ... Polar Bear 2010-03-26T17:08:00Z

This time, the selection is “Adventures in Babysitting,” the 1987 action comedy about a night that begins with boredom but quickly spirals out of control. Spare Times for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

One of the immutable rules of pop music is that boredom spurs progress. What does it mean when the Weeknd hits a high note? 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

Once when we were visiting my parents in Massachusetts, my daughters complained of boredom until they discovered an enormous spider web climbing structure on a Cambridge side street. What Makes Berlin a Playground Paradise 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

His style is eloquent, allusive and elusive, and he urges us to read Heidegger's essay on boredom which the philosopher considers "the basis of existence". Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow ? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z

She wrote to her mother of her relief at no longer being “servant-shadow;” to a friend, she confessed her boredom with domesticity. In New Volume of Sylvia Plath’s Letters, a Marriage Falters and Masks Fall Away 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

I suppose the routine was originally designed to inhibit boredom, and also to earn money. | Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z

The refrain goes: “Apathy’s a tragedy and boredom is a crime/anything and everything all of the time.” Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

You experience something that the Romans documented on the walls of Pompeii: mind-numbing boredom. Is it good to be bored (or will it be the death of you)? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

But nobody expressed the state of mind known as boredom better than he did. Too Much Shakespeare? Be Not Cowed 2013-09-12T18:18:17Z

But she's also been betrayed and slighted herself, all while struggling with loneliness, boredom, professional disappointment, and the challenges of being a single mom to teenage children. "Impeachment" portraying Linda Tripp by an actress in a fat suit undermines the series' strengths 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

Isolating in a Himalayan hotel forced this restless traveler to rethink his ‘allergy to boredom’ Homecomings used to feel special. But that was before we spent all our time at home. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

A person’s essence — personality, intelligence, memories — can be loaded onto a metal disc called a stack and, in the event of death or boredom, inserted into a new body. Review: ‘Altered Carbon,’ Netflix’s ‘Blade Runner’ Replicant 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

Mr. Kiefer addresses his interviewer’s earnest questions with references to Heidegger, the boredom of childhood, cellular memory, the theory of relativity, “The Odyssey,” Genesis, black holes and NASA’s numerical system for the stars. Following an Artist Into His Labyrinth 2011-08-05T15:37:13Z

Just as it's been shown that disgust enables us to steer clear of disease-bearing environments, so does boredom guide us away from situations that might be detrimental to our mental health. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

But by the time the wormhole to Asgard was being opened, and the Avengers were rallying on Park Avenue, my boredom started the slide into despair. Avengers Spoiler Alert: All Sound and No Fury ? Or How Marvel Botched a Nuclear Apocalypse 2012-05-07T10:45:29Z

It might break a few hearts and crush a few dreams along the way, but at least nobody will die of boredom. Revamp The Voice 2013-02-11T11:16:37Z

American researchers just published what they’re calling “the most comprehensive empirical account of the experience of boredom” ever conducted. Bored? Now you know why 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

“Everything was rising,” Charlie notes, “hopes and despair, misery, boredom and opportunity.” Review | The robot revolution is coming: Will there be any room left for us? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

This deeply autobiographical novel recounts growing up gay in rural France, where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

There can be closet boredom, especially for celebrities who are photographed often. Pregnancy Takes a Turn on the Red Carpet 2013-05-15T22:24:07Z

I like it because it shows the boredom in which he was living. Photographer Ziad Antar's best shot 2011-03-09T22:30:09Z

They should also prevent you from falling into inaction and stasis, and they do, by responding to situations that are too easy with boredom. Why you can’t stop playing Flappy Bird 2014-02-14T12:50:00Z

But theatergoers have, if not an awareness of these challenges, a keen sense that a degree of boredom is built into these prodigious tragedies. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

Who has been such a folk hero of workaday boredom and 9 to 5 drudgery? Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

I’m pushed to these moments in people’s lives where real life does become absurd, and I think those are usually moments of grief or moments of extreme boredom or extreme anger. Elizabeth Meriwether Writes Scripts for Stage and Screen 2010-05-08T02:42:00Z

A study from the University of Central Lancashire links a period of boredom with heightened creativity immediately afterwards. Is it good to be bored (or will it be the death of you)? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

“Mine is the inevitable fate of the overwhelmed fiduciary: inextinguishable boredom and fear of liability.” In Joseph O’Neill’s ‘The Dog,’ a depressed lawyer in Dubai won’t stop talking

Motion points out that in another poem, "Larkin says, very interestingly, 'Life is first boredom, then fear.'" Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

Or simply disconnected and disaffected out of sheer apathy and boredom, and with millennials cast as convenient scapegoats. "Blade Runner" and the lesson Roy Batty’s Replicant rebellion has to teach us 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

With each passing page, I was more likely to groan not from pleasure but from boredom. A Lesbian Who’s Not a Lesbian Walks Into a Bar, and ... 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

“Although they had been doing those tunes for 30 years,” he writes, “the Stones didn’t make their boredom obvious; they knew how to put on a good show.” A Novelist’s Requiem for the Male Libido 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Their marriage isn’t on the brink, exactly, but one often gets the impression that a profound boredom drives their sleuthing. Film: ?Date Night? Adventure for Steve Carell and Tina Fey 2010-04-04T02:58:00Z

I remember thinking: “I will never leave this couch. I am going to die of boredom here. I will be a patient forever.” Perspective | We’re exhausted by our 4-year-old’s repetitive games. What can we do? 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

Neither claims to have suffered undue trauma as a child; rather they, like many others I have spoken to across the country, talk about boredom and feeling left behind. War against harm: Ithaca's mayor is leading the charge against the heroin epidemic 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z

"Was it some weird game to relieve the boredom of being omnipotent?" he asks. Judi Dench as Irish woman searching for son grips Venice 2013-08-31T16:28:01Z

Traditionally boredom, as Kierkegaard noted, was an expression of nobility, and that doesn't sit well in our democratic age. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

The writers transform their boredom into mockery and judgment as they circle around a tantalizing, perhaps frustrating question. Review: In ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie, Sex Is a Knotty Business 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Its flesh may be gorgeously laced with ivory-colored fat, but when you place a piece of it in your mouth, the flavor tells the story of its Beckettian life: epic boredom. T Magazine: Fly Zone 2011-03-21T14:00:14Z

The minutiae of the sport are often aligned with the general mud of “boredom” slung at baseball’s vestiges. Opening Day: Spring’s other religious holiday 2013-04-01T22:13:00Z

“It’s just boredom then panic. Boredom then panic,” Molly says of life in orbit. Review: In ‘Spaceman,’ Floating in a Most Peculiar Way 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

Paul Rudd takes his affable, childlike charm to the extreme with Bobby Newport, who’s led such a rich and spoiled life that he decided to run for Pawnee City Council out of boredom. These Are the 25 Best Minor Characters on 'Parks and Recreation' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Maybe it was boredom… In school, I did well in gym. “Asian men in media are so desexualized”: Rising star Jake Choi fights the Hollywood odds against Asian American actors 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

As the days of social distancing turn into weeks, people are facing stress, boredom, anger, anxiety and many more emotions. Parenting during coronavirus: What to know about play dates, online learning and more 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

As seen here Mr. Alÿs’s work whipsaws a visitor between engagement and boredom, serious consideration and dismissal. Art Review: Ephemeral Events, Annotated 2011-05-06T06:00:07Z

Elisabeth is whisper thin, but something other than vanity and social mores is eating away at her — boredom, despair, a sense of purposelessness — sending uneasy ripples through her life. ‘Corsage’ Review: A Queen in Quiet Rebellion 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

These attempts are mostly fueled by boredom or a flash of homesickness I couldn't quell in whatever city I was living in. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

After “years of loneliness, depression, and boredom,” Gaspar gets an idea. Screening Room: A Short Film of Dreamy Imagery and Mysterious Language 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

I had never moved this slowly as a passenger and wondered if I would lose my mind with boredom in the next six days. From Montreal to Minnesota, by Inland Sea 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

The words bore, boring, bored and boredom appear with monotonous regularity throughout the diaries. The Richard Burton Diaries edited by Chris Williams – review 2012-11-29T08:00:03Z

After 40 minutes, though, she leaves, claiming tiredness and boredom. The Enlightenment Of Russell Simmons 2012-10-18T14:42:42Z

And then there were layers of experience beneath the boredom. “The most ludicrous scenes of ‘Orange is the New Black’ are the most realistic”: My time in federal prison 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

And if he fell in the pool no problem because his endless talking would kill the shark from boredom like a MAD magazine strip. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

My reactions were alternatively annoyance and boredom, though there were some choice scenes. 'I Am Cait' Premiere Recap: All About Everyone Else 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

And yet her first gesture suggests not just sleepiness but also boredom. Review: ‘George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker’ at Lincoln Center 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

A road trip could be a bonding experience, or it could become a contemplation of existential boredom. Review: In ‘California,’ a Road Trip and a Detour Into Darkness 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

It isn't an actionable dislike — she isn't controlling, criminal or abusive — but I find her boring and, worse, a boredom missionary. Carolyn Hax: Brother’s girlfriend has shiny hair and a lusterless personality 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

But the boredom – forgive me – didn't really interest me that much. Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z

An episode on appreciating wine asks how to engage with society without becoming conformist; one about finding a parking spot is a brief for the virtue of boredom. The Most Adventurous Comedy Right Now Is Also the Most Real 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

“Sure, I’m self-sufficient, blah-blah, independent,” she rasps, affecting not boredom but a desire to be understood. New Music: New Albums by Iggy Azalea, Kelis and Glen David Andrews 2014-04-21T22:02:03Z

Without the endorphin rush, you would die of boredom. My Five Desert-Island Foods: A Culinary Thought Experiment 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

“There’s something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls. Coach said that once,” Addy’s disembodied voice observes at the very beginning of the pilot, setting the stage for all that happens after. In USA's clever potboiler "Dare Me," mean girls can be murder 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

But there was some relief from the commuter-suburb boredom I endured as a child, and it was hunting antiques. Treasure Hunting Along the Old Canal 2011-07-07T21:28:24Z

The boredom of life in America's neglected Reagan-era inner cities led to hip-hop. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z

Although Eliot's poetry is notoriously open to interpretation, one reading of that line might be an image of existential boredom, the sense that the world is random and therefore frighteningly meaningless. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Languishing in a dreary job at a London law office, 27-year-old Robert Martineau dreamed of an adventure to banish his boredom and malaise. The best travel books of 2021 — so far 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

There isn’t much flesh and blood in the movie but, for many viewers, there will be boredom. The Master: Neither a Scientology Exposé Nor a Cinema Masterpiece 2012-09-13T12:00:39Z

Urban Dictionary helpfully adds “epic boredom,” which approaches the annoying heart of the thing. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

To the extent that it takes their boredom as a given, that’s a pretty loaded compliment. A Novelist’s Requiem for the Male Libido 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Regardless of the science, I am all for boredom in small doses. Is it good to be bored (or will it be the death of you)? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

And conversation carries the risk of boredom, the condition that smartphones have taught us most to fear, which is also the condition in which patience and imagination are developed. Sherry Turkle’s ‘Reclaiming Conversation’ 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

After seeing the final cut Monroe sent Warner her analysis: “American audiences are not as moved by stained-glass windows as the British are, and we threaten them with boredom.” Marilyn Monroe?s Strap Snaps Again on Film 2011-11-12T22:13:02Z

In "The Invaders," this means revealing Cheryl's disconnection, her boredom, as well as Teddy's insolence and lack of ambition, which dissolves in the wake of his accident. In 'The Invaders,' an unlikely family tries to fit into the Connecticut country club life 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Which brings us to another vexed question: is there any greater virtue in being exposed to an experience and not perceiving it as boring than knowing that you are bored and complaining of the boredom? One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Grim enough to begin with, when provoked by boredom they "passed beyond mere words and began to introduce the vegetable motive". The balm of Blandings 2013-01-12T09:00:04Z

Is his desire for more outdoor play the root cause of his anxiety and boredom? Perspective | Why does our second-grader hate school? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Gosling’s ability to elicit sympathy while seeming too distracted to want it — his knack for making boredom look like passion and vice versa — makes him a perfect warm-blooded robot for our time. Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tries to Honor the Original and to Slip Free of It 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

Their marriage has run aground on the rocky coastline of middle-aged suburban boredom. Fight Club sequel on way as graphic novel, Chuck Palahniuk reveals 2013-07-24T10:49:00Z

In 1976, Reader’s Digest declared boredom “the disease of our time.” ArtsBeat Blog: Embattled Intellectual Historians Make a Stand 2011-11-22T13:00:04Z

It was inevitable that the boredom of her life as a royal spare tire would steer her into dangerous territory. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

“I am not saying that some of them don’t jump on the fashion wagon because of boredom, but there are talents, and they need to be given a chance first before they are judged.” Special Report: Fashion: By Royal Design 2010-09-29T03:15:00Z

I was learning that traveling with friends may eliminate boredom on buses, but it causes a severe hit to the bar tab. Old Friends, White Water and Roasted Ants in Colombia 2010-07-28T04:28:00Z

Fortunately, you don’t need yeast to bake away your boredom and create delicious breads, Rebekah Strand, Development Chef at Conagra Brands, told Fox News. Quarantine kitchen swaps: How to substitute yeast 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

Angry, confused, offensive, unpredictable and bristling with an energy that can only come from teenage boredom, it was impossible to take your eyes off them. SXSW: The Strokes, the Vaccines, Odd Future and the best of the rest 2011-03-20T22:00:02Z

Raven likens herself to Ishmael, the narrator of Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” who cured anxiety and boredom with jobs in wild and beautiful places. Review | In ‘Fox & I,’ a biologist finds solace in a wild animal’s friendship 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z

Comedy was originally little more than a useful tool to break up the boredom of life on the road. Talk about Kevin 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

Ninety-nine percent of going to a war zone is a lot of boredom, a lot of frustration, a lot of tedium. A more honest Iraq War story looks like this: “Sometimes the Marine Corps kind of sucks” 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

I also wonder how many people actually leave marriages because of boredom. Mary Gaitskill on the Relationship Between Love and Torture 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

Little happens, save occasional spasms and isolated vocal and physical suggestions of affliction that may indicate boredom or endurance. Dance Review: Rebecca Lazier’s ‘Coming Together/Attica’ Evokes 1971 Riot 2013-06-18T19:55:59Z

The boredom of behavioral loops is represented all too effectively. Dance Review: Johannes Wieland?s ?new you? at Cunningham Studio - Review 2011-12-22T22:46:00Z

This week, Hannah deals with the problems that many settled married couples must confront: routine, boredom and ambivalence. Girls Recap: A Girl Walks Into a Bar 2014-03-10T16:02:10Z

It asks the man in the suit, commuting home, will you die of constraint, of boredom, of domestic propriety, or will you break out, will you run off? Cultural Studies: On ?Mad Men,? The Allure of Messy Lives 2010-07-30T21:05:00Z

In times of boredom, I'd thumb through the way others do news headlines, scrolling until one grabbed me. Swiping right in the fertility doctor's office: On pursuing romance and single motherhood at once 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

Earlier this year, in the deep boredom of late winter, I started keeping a Google doc called “Who Played Themselves 2016.” The Year We Played Ourselves 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

A child of our time: are there benefits to boredom? One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Long stretches of boredom, often filled by soldiers drag racing their souped-up roadsters on the base’s long straightaways, would suddenly be shattered by Cuban fighter jets flying into American airspace. A Cold War Missile Base in the Heart of the Everglades 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

There he was, complaining about his mother and boredom, reminiscing about Hollywood stories or doing his exercises. It’s a Wonderful Time to Be Leslie Jordan 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

My favorite moment was when we all, simultaneously, deleted the app that we felt compelled to incessantly tap to relieve boredom instead of simply experiencing it. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Conversations about variation in soil substitutes, light spectra and humidity are frequent and achieve Warholian feats of boredom. Should I grow my own weed at home? Here's what you need to know 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

The protagonist in the second song accepts her boredom. Review | Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

In that setting, a stage of sorts, she was a witness to people and their behavior, with gestures and emotions — boredom, joy, sadness, levity — on display. Review: A Pina Bausch Trip to Brazil Overstays Its Welcome 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

This Richard is notably effeminate and moves suddenly between sighing boredom and fits of angry petulance. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

And those performances were a little heavy on the ballads and a little low on the showmanship, with the night saved from interminable boredom by a handful of worthy showstoppers. Grammy Awards 2015 Recap 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

In that book, a white woman gives birth to twins, one white and one black, after pursuing an affair with a black man out of boredom. William Melvin Kelley, Who Explored Race in Experimental Novels, Is Dead at 79 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

As the moderators lobbed the first questions, his resting expression was one of boredom. Perspective | For his first debate, Mike Bloomberg wore a nice suit and a look of boredom 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

But the beauty of the Oscars is that they incite boredom. Oscars 2013: cheers to playing a drinking game 2013-02-25T08:27:07Z

One feature of them: acute discomfort mixed with grinding boredom. Riding Shotgun on Martha Gellhorn’s Brave and Comic Adventures 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

The movie goes through the motions, tracking Emma’s growing boredom, her reckless flights of passion and her eventual undoing. Review: ‘Madame Bovary’ Features Mia Wasikowska as a Notorious Adulteress 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Ultimately boredom, whether it's inspiring, disheartening, annihilating or transcendent, just is. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

The descriptions are something more than adequate, however the complexity of them may be the cause of confusion and boredom. Crusher by Niall Leonard - review 2013-07-21T14:00:00Z

A full five minutes later, boredom and restlessness began to grasp me. Read the Wicked young writers' awards 2012 winning entries 2012-12-08T08:15:12Z

But months of black bread, vodka, boredom and uncertain house arrest lay ahead for the Americans. 'Target Tokyo' brings a well-known WWII story back to life 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

But, he added, “they have not been anesthetized by mediocrity into dreamless boredom.” Alain Tanner, Leading Director in Swiss New Wave, Dies at 92 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

He went on to rhapsodize that “the pliant body of Miss Astaire . . . assumes a slanting partial paralysis which slays boredom where it sits.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z

So in case you were watching "24" or simply passed out in boredom, let me break down the whole excruciating three hours into its 10 liveliest nuggets. 2010-01-18T13:18:00Z

Later, when the two men were both stuck at home recovering, they "helped each other get through those initial post-surgery boredom days," Perez said of the experience. Single dad receives kidney donation from total stranger who replied on social media 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z

Watching his new dance, “In the Dutch Mountains,” audiences would feel like they’re either “going insane” or “being killed by boredom,” she wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a major German newspaper. Choreographer Smears Dog Feces on Critic After Negative Review 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z

By far the strongest writing comes when Cline limns the nearly exquisite boredom and anticipation of early adolescence. Emma Cline's 'The Girls' is a gorgeous, disqueiting spin on Manson family dynamics 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Still, such a display might’ve livened up the show, much of which suggested that after five years the band’s unflappability is beginning to harden into boredom. How Harry Styles accidentally saved a One Direction concert 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

It was composed of just two handheld shots – one before the ads and one after – and the sense of boredom and frustration inside the van was brilliantly captured. Passing of the Bill: a veteran's view 2010-03-26T23:03:00Z

“Robin Hood” just strobes between boredom and absurdity so fast that it starts constantly providing both at once. “Robin Hood” review: Revisionist history has never been dumber or more boring 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

He adds that it also provides “the sovereign cure for boredom.” Review | I love books about books. Here are seven of my current favorites. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

The average Briton, according to a 2009 online survey, endures six hours of boredom a week. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

You get a similar answer from almost everyone: boredom, hopelessness and availability. Love couldn't break heroin's grip as sons became casualties of epidemic 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

In fact, learning to beat boredom is a crucial life skill. What to Do When Your Kid Gets Bored This Summer 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

In Adam Foulds’s rich and vivid novel of World War II, we see that wars are ordinary and all alike: same blood and boredom, chaos and folly, bravado and heirloom trauma. ‘In the Wolf’s Mouth,’ by Adam Foulds

As a general rule for museum-going with children, I prefer to see a couple of exhibits and then get out before exhaustion and boredom set in. New York City From a Pint-Size Perspective 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

My sense of the process of the judicial system, and the experience of being incarcerated itself, is one of almost unyielding boredom. “The most ludicrous scenes of ‘Orange is the New Black’ are the most realistic”: My time in federal prison 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Mostly when I think about boredom it is out of base self-interest, as a state that I'm very keen to avoid. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

And let me be the first to thank you, too, for “boredom missionary.” Carolyn Hax: Brother’s girlfriend has shiny hair and a lusterless personality 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

To fill the uneasiness of boredom, you may find yourself eating—even if you’re not hungry. 9 Behaviors That Make You Eat More 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

It's a boredom born of a certain sort of deprivation, isn't it? Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

On the one hand, food appears to have been used as a source of comfort and a way to avoid boredom during the pandemic lockdowns. COVID-19 reshaped the way we buy, prepare and consume food 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

The team endures extreme boredom and extreme stress, which is what life on a space station for six months would be like. Could you stay sane on Mars? Real-life mission simulator put six people to the test in "Red Heaven" 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

So I suspect that Pop Scene was also born of summer holiday boredom. Reviewing the charts in 1981 – on stolen chip paper 2012-11-13T17:14:30Z

Now, months later and with no sign of the virus’ end in sight, it seems we’ve reached the taking-to-strangers online stage of boredom and isolation. Oh, So We’re Doing Random Video Chat Again? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

Out of curiosity or maybe boredom, I’d looked him up on a recent trip I made to attend a wedding. Driving the Stake Through Emotional Vampires 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

But realistically speaking, it was probably her boredom with Reformation Drama that led to the exclamation more than any spine-tingling performance on my part. Hair metal forever! 2012-07-22T01:00:00Z

Experimentation not only combats boredom but also allows short-term goals to grow into long-term behavior. How to turn a fitness goal into a lifetime of good health (fluctuating weight included) 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

The Washington Post, meanwhile, fretted that boredom might be fueling interest in the occult. ArtsBeat Blog: Embattled Intellectual Historians Make a Stand 2011-11-22T13:00:04Z

You have now started to read an essay about boredom, in open defiance of the pathetic fallacy, not to mention Jesus' famous comeback to Satan: "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z

And as boredom becomes scarce, it becomes valuable — just like it was more than 200 years ago. Review | Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

All the scenes were fantastic and I don't recall a moment of boredom. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare - review 2013-05-06T14:00:00Z

Being on the battlefield together — the endless hours of boredom, the moments of terror, the act of protecting one another — was enough to make them feel like brothers. Ruben Gallego made mental health part of his campaign. Specifically, his own. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z

Both are set in decaying manufacturing towns — places where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom. ‘The End of Eddy’ Captures a Savage Childhood and a Global Movement 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

“The Hills,” from 2015’s “Beauty Behind the Madness,” is a discordant anthem for self-destructive boredom, emotional unavailability and exasperation with celebrity. The Weeknd’s decade of dystopia 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

Expressive and unable to hide undignified emotions like boredom or curiosity, Diana was an artist of human moments. How Princess Diana Created a New Era of Celebrity 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Teenage boredom subsided in a flash; scuba diving proved an almost ideal mix of exercise, adventure and variety. Journeys : A Monsoon, Then Underwater Magic in Malaysia 2013-01-25T17:46:35Z

Alleviating the deadly boredom … Our Boys by Jonathan Lewis. Our Boys – review 2012-10-04T16:59:49Z

Death sits quietly as her roommate, as she stews hour after hour, month by month, in that maddening concoction of terror and boredom. When Silver Linings Don’t Cut It, Honesty Helps 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

Though its location is never identified, Gideon’s Point winds up in the state of boredom. Theater Review: ?In Masks Outrageous and Austere? at the Culture Project 2012-04-17T02:00:12Z

Pauline grudgingly accepts, bringing a kitten and kaleidoscope to break up the boredom. In These Elegant Comics, Love and Darkness Collide 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

He frequently laments the deep boredom of prison life. The Screwball Poetry of Lil Wayne’s Prison Diary 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Despite being a condiment that engages all parts of the human palate, ubiquity can breed boredom. How ketchup, an invention of imperial China, eventually became a polarizing American staple 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

You fancy this book will amuse you, thrill you, rescue you from the horror of boredom, and that having consumed it, you will be left at liberty to resume your life as before. Television Review: ‘The Crimson Petal and the White,’ Encore Mini-Series 2012-09-10T02:29:04Z

The sterile atmosphere – hardly helped by a lack of audience interaction – threatens detachment and boredom. The Magnetic Fields | Pop review 2010-03-21T21:45:00Z

At most restaurants, you are served what you ask for so routinely that your eyes glaze over with boredom. Restaurant Review: Javelina in Gramercy Park 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

As a consequence, I approach the threat of boredom much like a claustrophobe greets a cramped lift. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

I was eight and restless with boredom, so I was taken to the top of the Empire State Building. Glyndebourne and Figaro: a perfect match 2012-06-22T21:55:15Z

Would the masses utilize their freedom from labor in productive ways, such as civic participation and the arts, or would they die of boredom in their ranch houses? ‘Rise of the Robots’ and ‘Shadow Work’ 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

The summers were sweltering hot and spent outside, in backyards, dodging wasps and playing beneath the rain of sprinklers, or inside, drying off in refrigerated air, complaining of boredom. My secret hair pulling 2012-09-09T00:00:00Z

David set out to write a novel about some of the hardest subjects in the world – sadness and boredom – and to make that exploration dramatic, funny and deeply moving. In search of David Foster Wallace's Pale King 2011-04-08T09:17:13Z

Shocks, absurd twists and viewer boredom swiftly ensue. Films out this week 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z

In the end, the effect is more one of boredom than terror. Review: The Conjuring 2 Stirs Up Some Chills, Just Not Where You'd Expect 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

The days are 23 hours of stultifying boredom — all so you can have one hour onstage, one hour of visceral release that makes it worthwhile. The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero 2013-07-02T09:01:01Z

“You think each time that you’ve reached the end. But it’s not true. At the very end of boredom, there is always a new source of boredom. You can live off boredom.” From Marguerite Duras, an Uncovered Tale of Young Womanhood 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z

Most of the non‑chronological chapters have to do with daily life at the examination centre, with IRS practice and lore, and with ideas about boredom, repetition and familiarity. In search of David Foster Wallace's Pale King 2011-04-08T09:17:13Z

If I look at my notes from the show, they indicate long stretches of boredom. The Grammy's: Four Ways To Improve Music's Greatest Night 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

The fourth season of Orange is the New Black makes form match function: It allows emptiness and boredom, the sort the prisoners themselves are experiencing, to give rise to provocation. Review: 'Orange is the New Black' Rebounds With a Majestic Fourth Season 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

David Foster Wallace," suspects of being the reason people fear boredom, and drives themselves to distraction, seeking "enough stimulation to distract people from some other, deeper type of pain that is always there ... 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z

“Like a Rolling Stone” is also no doubt the most famous song ever written out of sheer boredom. The sadism, compassion and sheer liberated joy of “Like a Rolling Stone” 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

Yes, maybe it all comes out of boredom,” Mr. Weiss once deadpanned to an interviewer. Fischli and Weiss: Anarchy at the Guggenheim 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

The danger to him, though, is media boredom. Can 'Bonking Boris' have his cake and eat it? 2010-07-20T10:30:00Z

Accept the limitations and boredom of your life as the challenge of writing. Salon’s guide to writing a memoir 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z

Dull and sometimes confusing — why are those British soldiers loyal to the Red Coats not wearing red? — the 90-minute premiere too often encourages viewers to turn away in boredom or frustration. New on TV Sunday: ‘Turn’ bores, ‘Silicon Valley’ scores 2014-04-04T18:01:52Z

Stable: I think your courage died of boredom. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is it a problem that we never have anything to say to each other? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

Enjoy it together, but be prepared for the activities to not solve your daughter’s boredom or sadness. She loves spending time at Dad’s, and Mom’s feeling insecure 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

She said she might have become a cleaner if she had not got her big break in acting - and revealed how she even occasionally cleaned the Granada toilets to relieve the boredom between scenes. Anne Kirkbride: A life of drama 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

Is it stating the obvious to observe that most modern cities were formed by people fleeing rural poverty or boredom to seek a better life? Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape by Jay Griffiths – review 2013-04-28T08:00:18Z

I became a writer in part because I was left alone, in part because of that boredom. The lure of “Stranger Things”? It’s not the '80s – it’s forgotten childhood freedom 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

What makes her all the scarier is her refusal to acknowledge her complicity, even to herself, in treacherous sexual power games she initiates mostly out of boredom. Movie Review: ‘Nobody Walks,’ Directed by Ry Russo-Young 2012-10-19T00:02:53Z

The Bing is boredom, loneliness and what authorities refer to as "punitive segregation". Lil Wayne in solitary confinement 2010-10-06T09:04:00Z

We learned how to negotiate street signs, people, boredom. Managing our free-ranging fears 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

But she always spoke of her own childhood as a time of complete boredom, a misery she could not wait to be over. T Magazine: Suddenly Susan 2011-02-25T17:39:23Z

But because you're a little tiny cat, you won't get in trouble for taking out some of your frustration or your boredom. The video game "Stray" taps into why we fancy being a cat 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z

As a cultural value, boredom means big trouble, idle hands being the devil’s playthings, and all that. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

For some viewers, quietude may yield to boredom. ‘In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis’ Review: Serene Demeanor, Bracing Message 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

I'm thinking here of a particular dinner party– the crucible of boredom as Heideggeracknowledged – where the first hour was spent discussing the various road routes the guests had taken to get there. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Privilege, boredom and murder set against the southern gothic backdrop of rural Alabama are the elements of the latest and hotly anticipated podcast series, S-Town. Alabama murder mystery could be the new Serial 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

She changed her look for the same reasons many women did: sometimes out of boredom, sometimes because her current style just wasn’t quite right. Clinton fashion: The styles, they were a-changin’ 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

It takes some time to get oriented, and the book does bog down for a while, but in a 766-page novel there's room for a little boredom. 'The Passage:' Post-apocalyptic vampire thriller imagines a frighteningly believable future 2010-06-24T19:28:00Z

A powerful statement of boredom with the status quo and how female potential is played down, it was met with derision and claims that the song was "a joke". Riot grrrl: searching for music's young female revolutionaries 2013-03-18T16:33:46Z

When history ends, we face nothing less than “centuries of boredom.” We had to get beyond irony: How David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers and a new generation of believers changed fiction 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

This idyllic vision is threatened when Zachariah expresses boredom and a longing for the company of a woman. Theater Review: ?Blood Knot,? by Athol Fugard, at Signature Theater 2012-02-17T03:00:00Z

My teen years felt like a pinball machine where the ball careered constantly between terror and longing, boredom and obsession, freedom and restraint. Witch ways: knowing your heart’s desire is modern witchcraft 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

Partly to combat boredom and partly to salve his wounds, O'Brien mounted the "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television" tour and took it across the United States. 'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' captures a host of jokes, revelations during tour 2011-06-23T20:41:09Z

At times, Fleming sounds driven to fussiness out of boredom or maybe even facileness, and minor Bellini and Rossini dramas wasted opportunities to mount company premieres suited to her talents. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

My overworked adrenal glands pushed me through sleepless nights and the boredom of those early days. Is Fear the Last Taboo of American Motherhood? 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

In other videos, like “Motorola,” Yung Lean’s cherubic face conveys blankness, boredom, and the frigidity of his hometown—his nose is bright red in the Stockholm air. Yung Lean, King of the Sad Boys 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

He experiences no emotional responses other than curiosity, boredom and disgust. ‘Spark,’ the Latest Dystopian Novel From John Twelve Hawks 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

The first ever winner of the prize, established in 1978 as a way of combating boredom at the Frankfurt book fair, was Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice. Genghis Khan workplace manual dominates oddest book title shortlist 2011-02-21T16:16:54Z

An ambitious painter, Francescho was hired, centuries ago, to decorate a palace designed, like Kublai Khan’s pleasure dome, to banish boredom. ‘How to Be Both,’ by Ali Smith 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Toohey goes on to argue that boredom is not merely a negative function. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Nonetheless, she affects a certain boredom with the whole acting enterprise, deriving more pleasure and passion from her politics, which she has been committed to since going on an anti-Vietnam demo in the early 1970s. Susan Sarandon: ‘The good news and bad news about Hollywood is that they’re not political’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

In Polish film it is as follows: boredom … nothing happens … very poor dialogue … in general, there is no action. Janusz Kondratiuk: Poland's answer to Woody Allen 2011-03-24T16:39:35Z

The same is sometimes also said of boredom. In the Penal Colony 2010-09-19T21:15:00Z

The last red flag that popped up for me was his boredom. Perspective | Why does our second-grader hate school? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

And those who are particularly susceptible to boredom have been shown to use opiates more often. Drug cocktails can kill 2012-06-12T16:00:00Z

The society he is about to depart from, represented by his father and Master Boyle, and led by Senator Doogan and the Canon, is a place of stultifying boredom and deep monotony. Brian Friel: trapped in silence 2012-08-10T21:55:09Z

Irritating your partner keeps the boredom at bay, gives you something to do, and reassures you by keeping the dynamics between you comfortably predictable. 15 ways to really annoy your partner 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Writing, begun in boredom, was useful for supplementing her dress allowance. Review | Molly Keane worried her daughter wasn’t ‘nasty enough’ to write about her 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

He muses on a Heidegger essay on boredom: "It is only when one is bored, that one's consciousness settles, reluctantly or even fearfully, on oneself and the nature of one's own existence." Cannes film festival review ? Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow 2010-05-16T17:14:00Z

It features poems on injustice, harassment and hunger, but also rapturous odes to music and food, beauty and boredom, and many other subjects. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

It is the flying leap from boredom, irritation and suffocation into morbid fantasies of murder that is not credibly evoked in any of the three marriages in this volume. Books of The Times: Marital Death Wish: ?Mr. Peanut? by Adam Ross 2010-06-21T21:46:00Z

But then reality hits, in the shape of boredom or, if children are involved, something a little more gruesome. The best audiobooks for your summer drive, sorted by length — and who’s in the car 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

The children, played by David Henrie and Lyndsy Fonseca, were depicted in the series' early days sitting on a couch, shifting uncomfortably in boredom as their dad narrated the long-winded story. Climax to CBS series filmed 8 years ago 2014-01-16T21:05:20Z

To deliberately draw oneself into boredom seems counterproductive, almost perverse. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

With honesty, precision and humour, she conveys all the boredom and exhilaration of weight loss, along with its tendency to threaten the people around you. Big Brother by Lionel Shriver – review 2013-05-11T07:00:24Z

I would argue that, in keeping with the band's final album, The Visitors, the track's power lies in its layering of boredom and grandeur, transience and doom. Could an Abba reunion ever top The Day Before You Came? 2010-09-30T12:42:00Z

Also, in both cases, boredom, and the way it can free the mind. A Fashion Show Epilogue. Or Was It an Elegy? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

The possibility of spontaneous revelation is certainly a potential outcome at “Interviewing the Audience,” but there is also such a thing as collective boredom. | 'Interviewing the Audience': If You Go to the Show, You May Just Land a Role 2011-02-11T03:30:22Z

A successful horror movie will spawn its own miniature branching cinematic empire that drags on for a decade until everyone dies of boredom, given half a chance. Happily never after: why we don't need romantic comedy sequels 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

His critics said that what he proposed was “a bit humiliating,” akin to “regurgitating,” likely to foster “boredom” and to make kids “resentful.” Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z

Lizzie was very much your average teenager, and perfectly embodied how easy it is to get pulled to the 'dark side' by boredom or a need for excitement. The Seeing by Diana Hendry - review 2012-10-07T08:00:00Z

Yet the rich instrumental variety and supreme artistry of the performances precluded any danger of boredom for the packed and highly responsive Town Hall audience. Brilliance from Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI 2014-03-01T18:10:04Z

“For four hours,” he wrote, “I feel no boredom, I forget every worry, I don’t dread poverty, nor has death any terrors for me.” In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

The results, for the most part, were disappointing: boredom, serial isolation as people watched TV or stared at computer screens. How Google Street View is inspiring new photography 2012-07-14T18:36:10Z

This was a group that understood the inherent absurdity of rock-and-roll yet still took its tacit mission to purge the dread, boredom and sexual frustration of an entire generation with heroic seriousness. Perspective | Can Iggy Pop hear the future? 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

Mole is the peaceable home-lover whose boredom with his spring cleaning triggers an adventure with Badger, Ratty and Toad. Ricky Gervais to voice Mole in The Wind in the Willows adaptation 2011-01-07T12:56:48Z

The fear-tinged boredom, alternating with bouts of fighting, goes on day after day, for months. The Documentaries That Help Explain Bowe Bergdahl 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Here's another exorcism of Del Rey's patented languid ennui, heroically burdened by the boredom that apparently is the consequence of unconditional love and monstrous wealth. This week's new tracks 2012-07-06T23:05:23Z

The creative process requires a period of boredom, of being stuck. Graham Linehan: Twitter has made me 2012-05-27T18:00:01Z

And the job, they said, is like no other — a life both exhilarating and grueling, with crowds screaming for encores and then, hours later, boredom and isolation as the bus rolls to the next town. Concerts Are on Hold. Workers Behind the Stars Are Hurting. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

I can vividly remember the exquisite boredom of being young in the 1970s, punctuated occasionally by Rolling Stones records, reruns of "Star Trek" and desultory games of pinball. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z

She agreed that the best bits of Adrian's diary were those that any television adaptation would omit: the inconsequential episodes or records of boredom. Book club, week three: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13? 2011-01-01T00:05:27Z

Nargis, the older daughter, revels next to the foaming sea in Turkey; later, a year into their journey, she bursts into tears from sheer boredom. Midnight Traveler: a powerful refugee documentary filmed on a phone 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

The kids may have cellphones, but they go to battle daily with humidity, mosquitoes and boredom in a place that has just one restaurant. Erin Entrada Kelly on the Stranger Within 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

All kinds of things have conspired to keep Leguizamo from attaining real fame - bad roles, bad timing, depression, poor advice, boredom, love. John Leguizamo has fun focusing on his career 2011-03-23T02:27:14Z

Not mournful, just entirely flat sighs, borne of mild boredom – Post Office queue sighs, if you will. This week's new singles 2011-08-19T23:08:37Z

Needless to say, that's not quite how Svendsen or the great German philosopher put it, but Heidegger did believe that what he termed "profound boredom" was a radical means of accessing the essence of being. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Even when nothing earth-shattering is happening on a given day, he continues, people follow a compulsive pattern of media consumption, triggered by any hint of boredom. The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

Like many Marines, he experienced more boredom, hardship and uncertainty than battle. Claiming the Title of United States Marine 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

The boredom mentioned in the title is not only weariness, but a yearning to be distracted from the pain of life. This Movie Star’s Only Hope Is Help From Her Personal Assistant 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

“Signs of Life,” a song about “cool kids” trying to beat boredom, assembles an elegant rock-disco groove, but Mr. Butler’s vocal is an attempt at rapping that’s as stiff as its apparent template, Blondie’s “Rapture.” On Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now,’ Pop Can Reach Deep 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

Csikszentmihalyi speaks about the need to transcend both boredom and anxiety; the former by finding new challenges in our chosen pursuit, and the latter by improving our skills. It’s great to be ‘in the zone’ — while working, exercising and creating art. Here’s how to get there. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

But I think the constant light, fear of beatings and boredom sent some men insane. Experience: I spent 40 days in an Iraqi prison 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

The washed-out New York video scenes evoke 1970s movies, when, as it happens, the pace of films was much slower, which fits with Mr. Collins’s attempt to underline the boredom of the job. | 'Newyorkland': ?Newyorkland? at Coil Festival Shows Police Work - Review 2012-01-17T22:42:59Z

Death is an outlier; Louis’s principal antagonist at this point is boredom. Lord of the Ringworld: In Praise of Larry Niven 2012-06-13T13:25:03Z

If Sheridan's film is meant to convey the long stretches of boredom before brief moments of excitement, it succeeds. "Those Who Wish Me Dead" wastes Angelina Jolie's action chops in a film that's more smoke than fire 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

Rushing from here to there serves as a way to relieve boredom. Here's How You Can Stop Being Late All the Time 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Even as I oscillated between delight and trepidation, fascination and boredom, I didn’t want to leave. ‘Ann Liv Young in Jail’ for Crimes Against Performance 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

For me," he explains, "the act of boredom, by its very nature, is doing something ... Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z

He said he developed the concept “out of boredom.” TikToker Lands the Role of a Lifetime: Playing Dead on TV 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

“Even if it’s rage you’re feeling, it’s more interesting than boredom, because you can use rage,” Pattinson told me recently in a West Hollywood hotel, where “The Lighthouse” had just screened for awards voters. What Can Robert Pattinson Do to Keep You Guessing? 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Sure, he's disappointed that he didn't get to manage England, though he is not that sorry to have escaped a lot of the boredom that comes with the job. The real Harry Redknapp 2013-04-30T14:49:41Z

In such situations, what the sleep-challenged need is not sheer boredom, a state slipped passively into, but the scantest grasp of mild amusement, from something that is distracting without being stimulating. The Podcast That Tells Ingeniously Boring Bedtime Stories to Help You Fall Asleep 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

For Toohey, boredom is an adaptive characteristic in the Darwinian sense. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

Somehow, my wife has settled in here, even though I was afraid she’d go crazy with boredom because she’s taking a vacation from school and work for the first time in twenty years. An Exchange Between Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

“Everything that comes to us: dreariness, excitement, boredom, pain, they all add to the richness” of our lives, Philip says late in the play. Review: Falling Hard for a Master Manipulator in ‘Of Human Bondage’ 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

If “Once in the West” has a near-masterpiece it is “The Preacher Addresses the Seminarians,” a longish poem about skepticism and intellection and boredom and things beyond our understanding that lets fly these lines: Edward Hirsch’s ‘Gabriel’ and Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

From Borrowed Time's zippy lament on boredom and inspiration to Stoned and Starving's improbably poetic lunch hunt, it's an ultra-catchy, sharp-witted marvel throughout. Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold – review 2013-01-10T21:14:01Z

He was open and unapologetic about his many procedures, undertaken, he said, mostly out of boredom. Pete Burns, Frontman for the Band Dead or Alive, Dies at 57 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

When I was temping, the boredom of that set itself up nicely as an opposition to what I really wanted, which was to find an agent and get published. London Book Fair pins high hopes on debut novelists 2013-04-19T09:36:18Z

Boredom then panic, boredom then panic, is not the kindest way to describe the feelings that Leegrid Stevens’s play, directed by Jacob Titus for Loading Dock Theater, evokes. Review: In ‘Spaceman,’ Floating in a Most Peculiar Way 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

This more evolved understanding is unlikely to curb my own fear of boredom but it may help stiffen my resolve when it arrives. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

But fear and boredom and uncertainty and the incredible extremes of heat and cold in Spain would also have been very hard to bear. Teen book club: interviews Lydia Syson! 2012-12-21T08:00:00Z

Their motives, while not fully articulated — there is never a lot of talking in a Kelly Reichardt movie — seem to be a mixture of despair, muddled idealism and boredom. ‘Night Moves’ Tracks Three Eco-Terrorists in Oregon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

They talk of the boredom of living in the council high-rise blocks, of living at home with parents, of dole queues, of the mind-destroying jobs offered to unemployed school-leavers. Punk spoke up for angry kids. Why won't today's bands follow suit 2011-08-14T21:05:00Z

For months the two men had lived with the troops, sharing the same food, the same stifling quarters, and the same long stretches of boredom punctuated by moments of adrenaline-fueled terror. Sebastian Junger reflects on friendship, war and peace 2011-06-09T22:27:00Z

“If boredom is, as Heidegger argued, the awareness of time passing,” he writes, “then surgery felt like the opposite.” ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

The satirist Kurt Tucholsky noted that the fade to dark after a silent-movie happy ending is necessary to spare viewers the spectacle of a marriage filled with “boredom and burnt milk.” An Operatic Rarity Picks Up Where Mozart and Rossini Left Off 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

Ruby’s domestic boredom seems more ordinary, but she proves to be as full of secrets and cons in her own low-key way. ‘Run’ Review: A Rail Romance Turns Train Wreck 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

School, communication, a babysitter while you work or catch your breath, boredom prevention, a way to see friends and family, and games are only some of the reasons that children are on screens. Perspective | The pandemic led many families to ease screen-time limits. How do we dial back? 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

Where is our own boredom and dissatisfaction leading? Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z

As for dragging his recovery out to boredom just to get another shot of TM's face ...barf. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

She began singing with church and radio choirs but dropped out of school at 13 — partly out of boredom, she said in her 1986 autobiography — and took on odd jobs. Maureen Forrester, Canadian Contralto, Dies at 79 2010-06-18T03:55:00Z

Rentier economies provide mostly tiny and young populations with undemanding government jobs that are a recipe for boredom, while expats from the Indian subcontinent and the Philippines do the hard graft. After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies by Christopher M Davidson 2012-12-28T22:55:04Z

This minimal world is a stage for him, and he struts about on it like a scaly provincial trouper, acting out dramatic scenarios and scenes from Shakespeare to dispel the boredom of benign captivity. | 'Rango': There?s a New Sheriff in Town, and He?s a Rootin?-Tootin? Reptile 2011-03-03T23:01:04Z

But Binoche, looking handsome and almost fragile in a tailored black pantsuit, gives off no hint of bogus pretension or of the diffident, superior boredom that emanates from other French movie stars. Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z

There is a difference between the desert nomad or economic migrant who wander to survive and the dandified poet in search of diversion, between necessity and choice, and between escaping hunger and escaping boredom. The inescapable power of architecture 2012-08-11T23:05:42Z

“And don’t be shy about engaging the gallery assistants; often their seeming aloofness is just a mask for boredom, and they are happy to answer questions.” How to Make the Most of the Frieze Week Art Fairs 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

He was right, of course: unhappiness, loss, disappointment, boredom and fear of death are the bread and butter of his verse. Books of The Times: Philip Larkin?s Complete Poems, Edited by Archie Burnett 2012-04-09T21:28:30Z

What he calls “post-human” buildings — whose boredom he finds “hypnotic” and “banality breathtaking” — represent, he says, a “new sublime.” Why Rem Koolhaas Brought a Tractor to the Guggenheim 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

In recent seasons, Ms. Karan has gotten a little carried away with the drapery and the swoony glamour, maybe out of sheer boredom. | Fashion Review: Spring?s Colorful Runways - Review - NY Fashion Week 2011-09-13T22:30:37Z

The boredom and exasperation is palpable, until the patient breaks the bad news: “I’m, well . . . happy.” How to Break Up with Your Therapist 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

The hours of Hilton boredom brought on epic jags of cable flipping. One Tree Hill and me: the true cost of renting your home to a hit TV show 2012-07-27T22:00:46Z

Toohey's book contains a number of illustrations of artworks in which characters appear in various displays of boredom – yawning, stretching, and so on. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

To better endure periods of boredom and discomfort, we need to regularly reward our accomplishments. 4 Ways to Use Goals and Rewards to Beat Procrastination 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

TV cameos by political figures, perhaps because they’re so heavily brokered to ensure that the politician won’t be embarrassed, end up risking nothing but the audience’s boredom. Review: Hillary Clinton's 'Broad City' Appearance Was a Win 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

“What is it about these places you find so interesting?” he sighed, his hands limp with boredom, loosely cradling a well-used Nintendo Switch. A Road Trip to the Fiberglass Frontier of Northern Wisconsin 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

Early in the book, Wiseman briefly lists the physical and mental stresses that typically arrive during a survival situation, which include “fear and anxiety,” “thirst, hunger and fatigue,” “sleep deprivation” and “boredom.” Book Review: ‘SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition,’ by John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Out of boredom, he picks up a copy of Fitzgerald's novel and starts to read it in a low-key monotone. Gatz – review 2012-06-14T06:00:06Z

For me, yes — I’m bored with it, and then I’m bored with, and troubled by, my boredom. Dance Review: Nora Chipaumire’s Dance ‘Miriam’ at BAM 2012-09-13T22:34:38Z

So in many ways, the sun-streaked conflict and misty boredom of “Siesta Key” is preordained, and also comforting. Review: ‘Siesta Key’ Returns to Reality Television’s Awkward Youth 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

It is suspense, something like boredom; nothing happens for long periods and then everything happens at once in indescribable confusion. Why We Travel 2011-04-01T19:10:47Z

In the middle ground lay boredom — and the reflex, born of so much streamed television, to watch only until another show or a snack beckoned. Review: In ‘Textplay,’ Stoppard and Beckett Get Snarky, FWIW 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

Some makeup professionals suggest that the new wave of contouring came about because of boredom with the highly filtered, altered look we’ve become accustomed to on social media. Contouring Is Back. It’s Not What You Remember. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

There is no boredom ever, time becomes your slave, or the slave of your agenda. Book Talk: Booker nominee Thayil offers bleak Bombay portrait 2012-10-11T09:01:42Z

Acuity alternates with blankness, anxiety with boredom, silence with chatter. Art Review: Rineke Dijkstra Videos at Marian Goodman Gallery 2010-08-12T21:53:00Z

But it’s also the place where many readers have put the book down, whether out of boredom or sheer horror. ‘2666,’ a Most Difficult Novel, Takes the Stage 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

Pop open the virtual escape hatch and flee the boredom of months at home. The Weekly Wonder: 5 ways for kids to escape boredom, from forts to fondues 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

The fresh air, friendships, play, hard work, some boredom and relaxation were a balm to her stressed nervous system. Perspective | How do I reinstate screen limits for my teen? 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

That’s fine, since it probably made you pass out from boredom, but the fact remains that one of the last faces you see in this first episode is Kris Jenner. Rob & Chyna: the saddest show on TV 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

If there is a lesson imparted by boredom studies, it is that there are hundreds of kinds of boredom. Books and the ‘Boredom Boom’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

It’s as if we’re trying to outpace our boredom, or our fear. Going outside is our only escape. But now that’s scary, too. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

And on, testing us with boredom as time warps and those futures seem far off. Avignon festival week two roundup: Seagull dead in the water, but Ibsen comes alive 2012-07-25T15:29:08Z

Avoid boredom by changing moves periodically, Inglut said, but realize that building strength takes time. Forget the Jane Fonda tape. Technology is changing home workouts for the better. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

There’s a pill for that feeling, a new wonder drug that will banish all thoughts of discontent, boredom and anomie that might assail you during the long trek from 9 to 5. Theater Review: Marin Hinkle in ?Rx,? by Kate Fodor, at 59E59 Theaters 2012-02-08T03:00:00Z

But just as often, the well-intentioned group chat goes off the rails, becoming a chaotic source of hurt feelings, annoyance, boredom, information overload and misplaced alarm. Our group texts are blowing up during the pandemic. And we’re taking the drama personally. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

His models, in defiance of traditional posing, lolled and slouched, their faces slack with boredom or fatigue. Philip Pearlstein, Whose Realist Nudes Revived Portraiture, Dies at 98 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

I wanted it to pull us out of this comfort—or almost boredom—with a bureaucrat and be constantly showing the effects and all the different sides of what’s going on. Adam McKay on the Veracity of “Vice” 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z

Hardy, who describes himself as a regular runner, saw an opportunity for treadmill users who struggle with boredom and motivation to enhance their running experience. New running apps blur the line between virtual reality and real life 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

We see their eyes widen in disbelief — or glaze over in boredom, or drift toward whatever screen is claiming their attention at the moment. Riff: On (Digital) Photography: Sontag, 34 Years Later 2011-05-08T05:30:17Z

I love its "choose your own adventure" and "without boredom" approach, because it encourages big batch cooking followed by clever riffs throughout the week. Free your barley from soup and risotto it instead 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z

Turning to social media or aimless Web surfing to fill the long stretches of emptiness, of boredom. Gather around, screwed millennials: You must see this 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

The Oscars' black hole of boredom Oscar has fallen, and he can't get up. The Oscars' black hole of boredom 2011-02-28T16:01:00Z

But Mr O’Gorman is a pleasant and good-humoured guide, and his candid, self-effacing style helps mitigate any boredom. Did I lock the back door? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Or die of boredom and actually become a ghost? Why ‘ghosting’ haunts modern relationships 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

“Curiosity” and “boredom” tied for first, with nothing else coming close. Why You Can’t Stop Looking at Other People’s Screens 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

The critic Clive James once complained that Woodward “checks his facts until they weep with boredom.” In ‘Fear,’ Bob Woodward Pulls Back the Curtain on President Trump’s ‘Crazytown’ 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Etcheverry, who lives 40 miles away in Rupert, takes them copies of People En Español magazine to combat the boredom. Cultured Traveler: Herding Sheep in Basque Country (Idaho) 2012-08-24T19:19:51Z

Text messages came at odd times, requests for money came with long stories attached to them, and she complained of boredom and perceived slights from others in rehab. My heroin addict friend: 'When Shelly starts using again, I will be there for her' 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

“He used to quote from Valéry and say, ‘I’m conveying the related sensation without the boredom of its conveyance,’ which is a very modern notion of bypassing narrative,” she added. Francis Bacon Read Just as He Painted: Deep, Dark and Bleak 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

Think of jazz as the sound of thinking, as the craving for freedom – from boredom, obviousness, segregation, constraint, everydayness – rather than the over-organised nostalgic soundtrack to smoky clichés about an impression of cool. Polar Bear and Brad Mehldau: it's not just jazz, it's the sound of freedom 2010-03-28T01:16:00Z

She frequently cuts to spectators, returning to them again and again to show that our faces—with their twitches of longing, agony, and even boredom—can dance as much as our limbs. Dancing with Claire Denis 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Leaving aside these classifications for a moment, it's reasonable to say that boredom is no simple issue. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

These are questions that have concerned philosophers and thinkers dating back to the Enlightenment, not least because boredom occupies territory that overlaps with capital letter concepts like Being and Time. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

The protagonist in the first song confronts her boredom. Review | Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

It’s easy for a habit to become an addiction at this time of anxiety and boredom – ask anyone hoarding jars of sourdough starter, or “social smokers”, how they’re doing right now. Our homes have become our whole world – and now I'm obsessed with changing mine 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

Rather, these represented windows into another world, a world with similar logic and mapping to our own world, a similar sense of predictability and even boredom. Framing the view: six artists reveal how they choose landscapes 2013-02-02T09:01:01Z

Katrina Crawford, the Queen, behaved with an unvarying royal sang-froid: a threat to her baby daughter’s life and being awakened from a century’s sleep elicited from her the same superior boredom. Contrasting Gelsey Kirkland’s Troupe and Ballet Academy East 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

I think it’s the most daring donnée a novel has ever taken on, which is to make a novel that’s exciting about boredom. Piecing Together a Posthumous Novel From David Foster Wallace 2011-04-08T18:51:59Z

"I'd have been interested to hear what he might have done with the idea of boredom in marriage, though," she says, with a smile. Karen Green on life after suicide 2011-04-09T23:04:02Z

But they could expand on what Kubrick only hinted at in his epic: the extreme boredom of long-term space travel. Dark Star: No 19 2010-10-21T10:36:00Z

Social media provides ample proof that people will alter their lives in pursuit of quantified approval, entirely out of their own volition, and for utterly banal reasons—mostly boredom and narcissism. The Eerie, Mundane Thrill of Being Watched on the Internet 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z

Maybe the parent is experiencing depression, anxiety or boredom, but the child doesn’t think the parent wants to be there. Perspective | A nanny is the go-to for the kids. How can these parents reconnect? 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

You might find embracing boredom jumpstarts your creativity too or, at the very least, relieves you from feeling any guilt about spending an afternoon on the couch doing nothing. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

There often doesn't seem to be real allegiance to the written word in many cases because of the economic considerations of the corporations behind these productions, the boredom of these filmmakers, or both. ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Well, that's a good segue into one thing you write about, which is boredom. 2010-02-17T15:05:00Z

Today, boredom and downtime are synonymous with, “I’m a bad parent and not doing enough to get my kid ahead.” We're Endangering our Kids' Imaginations 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t for the free food or out of boredom, but because we never knew on which nights Mr. Pacino would turn up. Charlie Cox on the First Time He Owned a Leather Jacket 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

Garofalo’s stand-up always made apathy and boredom look cool, glamorous and, most important, sensible. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

“We chose books that explored boredom, anger, anxiety — really big things that were probably coming up for a lot of little ones.” This Labor Day, These Workers Are Trying to Stay Afloat 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

And boredom gave rise to its own kind of magic, magic we had to make ourselves. The lure of “Stranger Things”? It’s not the '80s – it’s forgotten childhood freedom 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

There she and her roommate, Ally, attempt to cope with the exquisitely curated boredom. Review | In Emma Cline’s story collection, ‘Daddy,’ flawed men reap what they sow 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

As a result, we’re less able to contend with the momentary boredom that can open the door to a deeper interest. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

But that perfect patina is stripped away almost immediately in a setup evocative of Rick Moody’s “The Ice Storm,” ultimately showcasing the horrors that wealth and boredom and sadness can produce. Three Canadian Novels Test the Bonds — and Boundaries — of Family 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Mostly, Billie Jean is winning while Bobby is keeping boredom at bay. Review: Advantage, Bobby, but Game, Set, Match, Billie Jean 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Two-thirds of men and a quarter of women chose to electrocute themselves at least once, just to alleviate the boredom. ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

The veteran Ms. Graham plays the Grand Duchess to the hilt as a cougar, in the director Lee Blakeley’s conception, a woman who is willing to go to war simply to relieve her boredom. Critic’s Notebook: Nature’s Power Meets Star Power in Santa Fe 2013-08-07T20:33:01Z

Here are several newly available products that move, expand and even change skins to bring convenience and relieve the boredom of our concentrated, homebound lives. 8 Items for Your Home That Do More Than One Thing 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

Ask the finalists of this year’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, and you get different answers — among them boredom, curiosity, frustration. Listen to Five of the World’s Newest, Wildest Instruments 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

A lot of people would die of boredom without it.” What Price Generosity? 2013-06-21T22:36:02Z

Midway through the first act of this drama about clashes of faith and family, set in 12th-century Jerusalem, I found myself listing toward boredom. Review: ‘Nathan the Wise’ Brings a Morality Tale to Today 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

Audiences with low thresholds for boredom often want to hear just the hits. Ask the indie professor: Why do people talk at gigs? 2011-07-12T15:08:37Z

For a few happy hours, I was able to suspend the feelings of dread and boredom we are all currently experiencing. What I'm really watching: golden age Hollywood comedies 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

“And yawning naturally occurs before and during stressful situations, promoting relaxation and better cognitive functioning. It has nothing to do with boredom.” Need a quick stress-reliever? Try one of these surprising science-based strategies. 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

Lively’s main trait is a lofty bearing that conveys a mild boredom, a distracted air of superiority that suggests that she places herself a little bit above the rest. Blake Lively Lives Forever 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

As people watch their finances dwindle and their boredom expand, the anxiety-provoking math of how long we must live this way is the most difficult number to ascertain. Who understands "lockdown" and isolation? The formerly incarcerated are the experts we need now 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

Am I merely an emotional/boredom crutch for her while she's on her assignment, or is there something she wants to rekindle? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Best friend, meet my new boyfriend. Also, he’s married. 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, Ms. Samala is in charge of feeding herself, her wife and her baby, and the family is experiencing what she describes as a mix of boredom and decision-making fatigue. For Home Cooks, Burnout Is a Reality This Holiday Season 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

Despite their own struggles with boredom, both Toohey and Svendsen present positive sides of the argument, suggesting that we might, so to speak, be bored to life. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

In its most trying incarnation, situational boredom has the potential to develop into something like existential boredom, in which one is forced to question not just the point of an event but of life itself. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

The phone serves as both a diversion from my boredom, and a baby sitter for my kid when I don’t want to deal. Mommy, can you put down your iPhone? 2013-01-26T21:00:00Z

For us, I think some snacking was more about boredom or restlessness than hunger. Motherlode Blog: Home-Cooked Challenge: Lessons of a Week Without Junk Food 2013-06-23T12:14:36Z

Over many solitary days and nights, they work, eat, drink and dig at each other, establishing a bristling antagonism born of temperament and boredom or maybe just narrative convenience. ‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Dark Nights, Troubled Souls, Hairy Men 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Also, incidentally, it contains a handful of excellent quotes about the legend’s boredom over the media-engineered feud between her and Lady Gaga. “I think it’s really boring, quite frankly”: Leaked Rolling Stone issue reveals Madonna’s take on the Lady Gaga feud 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

He illustrates how resentment ferments in boredom to produce an acid that can poison any peace. ‘American War’ follows today’s vitriol to a dystopian future 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Battling boredom at the camp, where officers were not put to work because of Geneva Conventions rules, he first took up sewing and then carving model airplanes. National Symphony Orchestra violist plays heirloom built by grandfather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Back in March, when isolation and homebound boredom were novelties, many Americans fashioned themselves into folksy sourdough bakers. Pandemic Baking Just Got Weirder 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

“If You Don’t, I Will” is a dour, acutely observed comedy about marital boredom that doesn’t glamorize or overdramatize the characters’ angst. ‘If You Don’t, I Will’ Stars Mathieu Amalric 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

In part, this reflects the rappers’ outsized ambition and latent boredom with simple symbols of excess. Review: Kendrick Lamar, Rap’s Skeptical Superstar, Eschews Arena Spectacle 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Film critic negativity about "Hillbilly Elegy" may reflect similar attitudes – a mix of exasperation and boredom with a pet topic for media outlets since the 2016 election. The chattering classes got the "Hillbilly Elegy" book wrong—and they’re getting the movie wrong, too 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z

The boredom, anxiety and occasional loneliness of parenting, the career I’d built up as a successful freelance journalist becoming derailed thanks to losing my contacts, confidence and free time – it’s all there. Sex, drugs, honeymoon, motherhood – what if my child reads my diaries? 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z

The same woman stares at a house and thinks, “It was clear that the previous occupants had led lives of grinding boredom here and with little composure.” Review: The Stories of Joy Williams: Short, but Seldom Sweet 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Instead of trying to prevent boredom, maybe welcome it and see what children do. How to Entertain Your Kids This Summer 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

The early 50s is remembered as an era smeared with boredom, with Billy Cotton on the wireless and rationed gruel for dinner. Diana Dors: more than just the British Marilyn Monroe 2010-06-10T22:06:00Z

As I was reading it in its Arabic translation in the mid-1960s, I told myself, “So one can write about anything, even about his own boredom, himself, or social alienation.” Hanan al-Shaykh: By the Book 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

单词	boredom
例句	boredom I suppose I never found boredom very boring. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z By the time the bell rang, the class had returned to the normal state of boredom and disinterest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Polly wondered as she glanced with boredom at the slave sale. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Kneeling in her pew, Blanca would inhale the intense smell of the virgin’s incense and lilies, suffering the combined torment of nausea, guilt, and boredom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Learning happens on backless benches, at wooden tables grooved by the boredom of countless boys before them—squires, monks, conscripts, cadets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The cold days dragged mechanically: up early and to my job, splitting wood, carrying coal, sweeping floors, then off to school and boredom. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There has to be a more exciting way to complain of boredom. bottom line. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Gatsby, his hands still in his pockets, was reclining against the mantelpiece in a strained counterfeit of perfect ease, even of boredom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I was bored, so it again confused me that she would pick this place, since Margo always struck me as a person with a very limited tolerance for boredom. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Despite her sorrow and boredom, Alice found a few cheery moments worth celebrating. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And their boredom is the thing that the meanness feeds on. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But she also felt reproved for her homebound boredom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There are also the exciting thin metal posts with the flashers on top, so drivers don’t veer off into ditches because of pitch-blackness or sheer boredom. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Margaret, in her boredom, simply rushed around and made a nuisance of herself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Instantly, an expression of great boredom fell over Mary Alice’s face. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Together, they were like one of those superhero alliances in the comic books, invincible, an unconquerable confederation of boredom and confusion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But boredom had driven her from her bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As a Roman emperor’s daughter she already had some duties, but they were not of a kind to alleviate the boredom she felt in doing them or in looking ahead to doing them again tomorrow. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I sat on a Coke crate and watched pickups zoom by till I was nearly poisoned with exhaust fumes and boredom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He could foresee a life of boredom and routine, not one of ideas and puzzles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d managed to convince him to give her a tour under the pretense of extreme boredom—when, in fact, she’d used every moment to plot a dozen escape routes from her room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Two local politicians tried to “relate” to us, which made for serious condescension and boredom. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z In some warped and exaggerated form, it seemed like the same kind of impulse as getting wild on a Saturday night, letting off steam after a week of tension or boredom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the horrors might end and boredom became their worst problem. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The buoyancy of spirit and the beauty of early morning had long since given away to discomfort and the boredom of monotony. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of sheer boredom I have come up with names for the musicians I imagine performing each of the Muzak melodies I am forced to listen to every time I work at Awkworth & Ames. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z And it can take the fear and boredom out of grammar, because it’s always more inviting to master a system when you have a clear idea of what it is designed to accomplish. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As a tyke the rhyming sounds had charmed her out of the boredom she often felt during the interminable Song. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For most of the Fugees, tryouts meant the end of weeks of boredom. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The seed of curiosity had been planted; it needed nothing more than time and boredom to grow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The one thing that drew her out of her boredom and irritation was the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z What he had were watery eyes in the bathroom and a look of boredom and confusion when he thought no one was looking. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z For a few minutes he tried to enjoy the scenery running past his window, then the city man’s boredom with nature’s repetition overtook him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment of after-supper boredom I had read a Faraday Society Discussion on “The Structure of Metals.” Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Dad tried really hard not to die of boredom, and he kept messing up which girl was which, saying, “We like her?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z And then at least I can go back to Jankburg with the confirmation that I shouldn’t even be dreaming this dream, and just weave myself firmly back into the tapestry of local boredom. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a state of tense, breathless boredom. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As the host droned through the starter’s introduction, Pollard fidgeted in the crowd, slurping up champagne and, like everyone else, stagnating in boredom. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But he resisted her with such skill that she was finally driven out to escape the inevitable boredom produced by such a dainty life. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the five of them, Ruby was the most ardent, and the most prone to boredom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But I was depressed by what it represented—the hours measured, the boredom of inmates and irritation of officers, the ticking of the clock, the niggling accountability. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t bear the stillness, the walls, the boredom of having nothing to do but wait for the day’s excitement of eating and going to the toilet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It could certainly make sure that everyone had equal wealth—but that would just add to the plague of boredom that afflicts the immortal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We both appreciate simplicity, and if we are sometimes bored—well, boredom is a pleasing antidote to fear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Was I glad to see the end of school. God, what boredom.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, there was a certain safety in the unrelenting boredom of each day. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For most of those two years, Blake and a small group of prisoners languished in a makeshift North Korean prison camp, plagued with monotony and boredom. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His own girl sat sprawled out gracelessly on an overstuffed sofa with an expression of otiose boredom. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I can’t go in until the halls are empty and the teachers have numbed them with boredom so they won’t notice when I slip down the halls. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Not the heat, not the boredom, not the endless space of summer laid out before him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z George would have liked to play the role of Charlotte all day long, but Kelly declared boredom and pulled out her camera. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Mary was planning on doing what she always did to celebrate, commiserate, blow off steam, or just kill boredom. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Or did he stumble upon it while trying to stave off the boredom of an interminable faculty meeting, as he told Wideroe at their only face-to-face meeting many years later? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She doesn’t believe in boredom when there’s so much to do around the house, as if cleaning the apartment were as entertaining as a day at the beach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Through most of this, Kathleen had seemed to enjoy the foreignness of it all, the exotic food and animals, and even during those periods of boredom and discomfort she’d kept up a good-humored tolerance. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile she awaited him without boredom, unperturbed by the enormous task she had taken upon herself: to embroider the largest tablecloth in the world. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s the boredom, but Lucy’s room calls me like a siren. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I was ten when I finally mellowed enough to start venturing out myself, a decision driven in large part by boredom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They welcomed Meggie down to breakfast with invitingly opened pages; they kept boredom at bay when the weather was bad. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And in the grip of terror— the worst storm—you yet feel boredom, a deep weariness with it all. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We know that they can feel sadness, fear, despair, loneliness, boredom. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He puzzled over it awhile, forcing himself to think of possible explanations in spite of his usual boredom and utter lack of interest in what its purpose might be. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There was excitement and pain, anxiety and boredom, love and loneliness, anger and joy. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z They were also drawn too high and draped the rest of her features into an expression of boredom, almost sarcasm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His soul writhed with boredom, but for once he had had no impulse to shirk his evening at the Center. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He told Nate about his life on the farm, how he’d loved being with his parents but had nearly gone crazy with boredom. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z His take on the boredom was that it “beats working a gallery.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew that a gray, foggy smear of invisible vuvv was everywhere around us, watching, peering at us, checking our eyes for a hint of boredom or anger or failed desire. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At this post—one of the several spots in Sing Sing where sheer boredom and the potential for sudden mayhem existed side by side—your feet got tired and your authority was questioned constantly. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when my younger brothers chivvied them with sticks out of boredom, they wouldn’t bother to raise their heads. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In spite of the excruciating boredom, it physically hurt to leave the apartment, but he had to get Julie. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z After three days, much of Squad 451 risks deserting out of boredom. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Well, three days crept by so slowly I thought I might die from boredom. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I couldn’t blame them because I didn’t want to die either, even though boredom was killing me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I’m sure I’ll die either of boredom or my brain being tied up in knots! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more a feat of boredom last spring as we all got ready to go off in separate directions for a break from school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Every task we were assigned was just glorified busywork to keep our hands moving, our bodies occupied, and our minds dead with boredom. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A family without ritual and order was a rootless tribe subject to boredom and anarchy, lowered heads, pouting mouths, and sorrowing memories of friends left behind. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe she was just trying to save me hours of boredom? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The impression was of closeted boredom punctuated by contests and schemes—jumping between the beds, building a camp, half devising a board game, then giving up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z By late afternoon I couldn’t stand the confinement or the boredom any longer, so I told her I was going out for a walk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time she caught his eye, she would glance away embarrassed, but with boredom she grew bolder. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was basically one hour of pure boredom. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself — no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I can’t remember,” I said, swaying in a trance of boredom but edging imperceptibly towards the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This was because, to relieve their boredom and express their contempt, inmates were occasionally tossing items out of their cells in hopes they might hit one of us. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course,” the young man said in a voice heavy with boredom. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice carried with a minimum of vitality, as though he had come over to speak to Lane out of boredom or restiveness, not for any sort of human discourse. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z His boredom grew, even though he was promoted again at work. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have been glad to sit for hours reading or writing, but I fidgeted all the while I sewed and sometimes wept with boredom. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In your boredom there are elements of terror: you break down into tears; you are filled with dread; you scream; you deliberately hurt yourself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It would move as a caged panther might: because it was awake, out of boredom, for the sake of movement itself, or for no reason at all, and with no awareness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Those who looked on did so with mild fear, disgust, or boredom. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z While Pascal and Patrice punched each other out of exhausted boredom and Martin leaned on me crying that his ears hurt, my husband was brought down without my notice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z During the boredom of her abandonment her only distractions were the clavichord lessons at siesta time and the letters from her children. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Half the women who consulted him had nothing the matter with them but boredom, but they wouldn't thank you for telling them so! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Ever since Jean de Satigny had begun to visit them, the boredom of the countryside, where after five o’clock in the afternoon there was nothing left to do, had become less oppressive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The first hour passed, and Thomas felt boredom creep in like rats under the door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Nel was one of the reasons she had drifted back to Medallion, that and the boredom she found in Nashville, Detroit, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Macon and San Diego. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Because I have few inner resources, I often found it very difficult to deal with the boredom brought on by living in Lily. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Each night for years the children had memorized the required lessons for school, often yawning with boredom. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z To fight the boredom and have something to do, I chattered all morning, saying whatever came into my head and making everyone laugh. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A someone who splintered the knot into silver threads that tangled us, netted us, made us long for the dull chafe of the previous boredom. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z During his incarceration in Japan, the only respites Bobby had from boredom and emotional turmoil were the visits from his lawyers and Miyoko, and his use of the telephone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The president stayed good-natured despite enduring the painful changes of his wound dressing, the constant monitoring of his vital signs, and the boredom of lying helpless in bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It went from disappointment to contempt to apathetic boredom. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Or will boredom and slavish routine plague us even more than it does today, giving us less of a reason to live limitless lives? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She was going out of her mind from boredom. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z For instance, at this minute he hated Archie with a special burning hate that was part of the boredom and the weariness. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They drive around looking. Looking and hoping that someone will provoke them. Sooner or later, someone always obliges. Then the dogs feast and the day’s boredom is broken at last and everyone says ‘Allah-u-akbar!’ The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The boredom of the two children in the dark, cramped bedroom became unbearable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I think he takes his boredom out on me—my viola lessons grow more intense. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One of the biggest challenges here at Rose Hill is boredom, and making sure that the people here don’t fall into vice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Luckily, there were many dark corners in Capricorn's village, and the guards strolled through the alleys with an air of boredom, as men do when they are sure there is no threat of danger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Mum made us go to Sunday school at Saint Gabriel's when we were smaller but it turned every Sunday morning into torture by boredom. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Bodega picked up on my boredom, smiled, and went right to the point. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Should I call and face the problem or not call and enjoy a few hours of lonely, nerve-wracking boredom, instead of my usual lonely, depressing boredom? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In complete boredom the next day he tied a large towel beneath the boom and over to the handrails on either side to make an awning and sat in the shade. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was boredom with a twist, the kind of boredom that caused stomach disorders. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately these were in Italian, and so the obvious boredom of the foreign guests did not need to be construed as impoliteness. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And Kevin complained of boredom, and of having to be sociable with a steady stream of ignorant pretentious guests who visited the Weylin house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Those daydreams helped me escape from the boredom of boarding school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Was there ever a time when people weren’t plagued with boredom? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Until the mid-1980s, the law made no distinction between crimes motivated by bigotry and crimes motivated by money, passion, or boredom. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A day or so later he would often realize that his theory did not work and return to experiments, until boredom generated a new attack on theory. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I saw Fulton Dumas mowing his front lawn slowly, headphones attached to his head, his hair in tall spikes, his eyes glazed over with boredom. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “One of us is going to die tonight. Does that break up your boredom?” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In afterdinner conversation, he sometimes referred, in a tone of utter boredom, to summers spent with the European nobility in the castles of Liechtenstein or the Cote d’Azur. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I walk over to the tree, where Tomás has dug a hole out of boredom and is kicking at the loose grapefruits like they’re soccer balls. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She has no idea of my work and no interest in it, and when I do try to talk to her about it she makes no attempt to hide her boredom. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Rufus said I didn’t have to, but as tedious as the work was, I could stand it easier than I could stand more long hours of boredom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The day went on with an unlikely combination of boredom, anxiety, and bland food that you only find in hospitals. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Double Maths is ninety minutes of pure boredom on the best of days and today was the worst of the worst. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Despite the boredom and the loneliness, I kept on working hard. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The worst thing about being in the hospital was the boredom. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I could have died from boredom for all the time it took you to take her pulse.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The house never appealed much to Molly, for the inland summers were beastly hot, and Ernest himself never seemed to be around—to him, the inactivity defined by “rest and relaxation” meant boredom. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It’s as if he’s lived through it before, a long time ago; and despite the unpleasantness, the irritation of it, the combination of boredom and fear, he has a certain fellow feeling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I already knew most of what she was teaching, and glanced over my shoulder at Marcus out of boredom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I kept none in my own house either, because I’ve always held that loneliness and boredom can lead a man to drink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was supposed to be an excellent education, but I thought I would die from the boredom of wearing the same thing every day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There was nothing to do but make the best of it—and pray they didn’t die of sheer boredom. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Fear turned into curiosity, which turned into boredom. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We couldn’t walk well, so we just hobbled around the hut and made fun of each other to avoid boredom. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Wandering from room to room has become a nightly habit fueled by insomnia and boredom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Not because the Gamemakers couldn't keep it fueled but because, again, that would invite accusations of boredom from the audience. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Did people suffer from boredom before the word was introduced in 1829? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To his surprise no boredom overtook him and so he stayed for an hour more. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Burning” is beautifully shot as it captures the boredom and quiet rage of its characters in a way that will haunt viewers who connect with it for days. The 18 most memorable movies of 2018 — for better and for worse 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The young princesses while away the boredom of their confinement by falling in love with the estate’s handsome gamekeeper, Billy Denton. An Irish Refuge for Two Royal British Sisters 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z She loves her children, but her mind “no longer fizzed with intellectual rigor; it bubbled with boredom in French, Italian, German, and English.” Review \| A ’50s mom finds her calling as a spy in the captivating novel ‘A Woman of Intelligence’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Usually implies boredom with topic or lack of concern for a precise definition of meaning. O.E.D.’s New Chief Editor Speaks of Its Future 2014-01-21T21:45:05Z But reviewers faulted her for appearing inexpressive to the point of boredom and for a repetitively dull use of the word “awesome.” Source: Britney Spears Out of ‘X Factor’ 2013-01-10T23:53:52Z In times of stress, boredom, fatigue, celebration and despair, the British drink. ‘I was hammered for the first month of lockdown’ – meet the people who quit alcohol in the pandemic 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z This is the kind of boredom associated with watching paint dry, and it's as old as paint. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z She communicates the depths of boredom, loneliness and depression that afflict expatriate communities, and “The Last Post” gets interesting, rather than just pretty, whenever she’s onscreen. Review: An Empire Declines, Awash in Adultery and Gin and Tonics 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The opposite — having nothing on which to fix your mind; in other words, sheer boredom — has a similar, though less extreme effect, as do a series of other experiences. What does it really feel like to fall out of a building? 2013-05-25T22:30:00Z And in inevitable moments of boredom, fidgeting is acceptable. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet Revives ‘Cinderella’ at Gould Hall 2014-03-03T21:48:04Z According to the online definition, it’s a “system of training for distance runners in which the terrain and pace are continually varied to eliminate boredom and enhance psychological aspects of conditioning.” Want to be a good runner? Then you need to try fartleks. 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Still, I’ve been hearing from a small but vocal contingent of people who are teaching themselves to embrace boredom while in quarantine. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z And it's burning with boredom, it's the Summer of Hate. Vertigo announces new 'Lucifer,' more at Comic-Con: Read Q&As with four creators 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But he had a dream: to liberate 1950s sex from the bedrooms of marrieds, from shame and inhibition and boredom. Can Hugh Hefner’s 26-year-old son convince his generation that Playboy is sexy? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The DJ's job ultimately is to show people the fun, and the soundtrack to the fun, and how to escape everyday boredom. Paul Morley interviews DJ Pete Tong 2010-05-28T12:20:00Z The grandson of Syrian Jewish immigrants from Aleppo, he grew up in Flatbush and quit high school out of boredom. Remembering Crazy Eddie: His Prices Were Insane 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z But as the details of fear, hunger, illness, abuse, boredom, hopelessness and physical suffering accumulate over 528 pages, so too do their power and intensity. Books of The Times: Held Captive, yet Clinging to Hope 2010-09-20T22:16:00Z Millions of folks haven't had the time or wherewithal to slump through apathy or boredom. Is Netflix's "Bo Burnham: Inside" our lockdown "Lemonade"? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It dramatizes the moving back story laid out in the Hollywood Reporter investigation, then shifts focus to Angelyne’s fantasy of herself as a space-faring alien, come to liberate Earthlings from terrestrial boredom. Rock ’n’ Roll Swindles, Revisited 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z At first glance, it would be easy to dismiss this uptick in bread baking as a symptom of boredom or an extension of prepper-panic, but I think it's more than that. Baking our way through survival 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z The whales themselves look like they are about to die of boredom. Big Miracle ? review 2012-02-09T22:36:01Z "While there are reasons for believing that joy and anger have remained fairly constant throughout history," he writes, "the amount of boredom seems to have increased dramatically." One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z What he means is that boredom’s power is negatively configured. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Say you were bold enough to gather together seven of the recent or upcoming books about boredom. Books and the ‘Boredom Boom’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z In a sense, then, boredom is a secret or solitary vice, yet the bored are clearly not alone. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z I had only one interesting course at Exeter, on Plato and Milton, otherwise the boredom was complete. Interview: Gore Vidal 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But when with boredom, I suggest you watch those thoughts carefully. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Scott, one of The New York Times’s chief film critics, dubbed the back-and-forth on this Web site, on Twitter and film blogs around the Web “the great boredom debate of 2011.” ArtsBeat: Ask the Critics: How Boring is Boring Enough? 2011-06-09T16:44:08Z In the normal run of events, time kills us; in boredom, we kill time. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z A boom in retail trading and cryptocurrency investments, spurred in part by boredom and the arrival of stimulus checks, led people back to Doge. The Assorted Teachings of Dogecoin 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Estes said in the film’s press notes that he made the movie to ward off boredom while he and his wife and children were cloistered indoors. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z But the zombie gore and the verbal pepper is sprayed quickly enough to keep boredom at bay. ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Review: Back to Crack Wise and Crush Skulls 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Making Scrimshaw a Sea Companion Sailors on 19th-century whale ships faced oppressive boredom, interrupted by occasional life-threatening storms and hunting expeditions. Antiques: Scrimshaw in New Book From New Bedford Whaling Museum 2013-01-10T21:54:56Z Suede's music is a product of its environment: it reflects a mixture of boredom and adventure that appeals to bedsit people and kids stuck at home with their parents, feeling bored and misunderstood. Suede: 'They're ordinary, that makes them glam' – a classic interview 2013-02-20T13:28:56Z Why a little bit of boredom is a good sign. It’s not just you: New data shows more than half of young people in America don’t have a romantic partner 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Any music I listened to on the commuter train, at lunch breaks, in long trips to the filing room numbed with boredom, is still tainted by that time. Family life 2011-08-12T23:06:13Z This is a brave approach to a play in which boredom is the defining element through which the characters move. Theater Review: ‘A Month in the Country,’ at Williamstown Theater Festival 2012-08-10T23:46:48Z It's all about wanting to break free from the boredom and frustration of daily life. New Band Up North 2012-11-12T16:55:00Z In Cassatt’s image, a mother with bared breast stares off into the distance as she nurses her child, suggesting the boredom of a repeated chore. \| New Jersey: A Review of ‘Prints by Mary Cassatt,’ at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum 2013-01-26T01:34:24Z Mr. Hirszman describes the songs, which relieved boredom and shaped the rhythm and movements of the work, as “endangered” cultural products. Uncertainty in Brazil, Vitality in Its Art 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z How is it possible to stay in the same job for years and not die of boredom? How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Young people sometimes don’t realize that punk didn’t spring to life as a response to Margaret Thatcher—it preceded her, a seedling that took root in the restlessness, boredom and grayed-out despair of 1970s Britain. Donald Trump, Dante and the End of Your Elitist Tastes 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z But one of the longer sections is devoted to life on the road, with its terrible food, miserable lodgings, deadly boredom, loneliness and hostile audiences. Review: ‘Dying Laughing,’ About Bombing Onstage, or, Conversely, Killing 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The majority, "silent" and otherwise, is tuned into an existential threat colored by a combination of fear and boredom. In "Mrs. America," Cate Blanchett shines as a frigid firebrand who challenges the feminist movement 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z But complaints of boredom or attempts to empathize have landed with a thud in a world where millions have filed for unemployment or are risking their health working in hospitals and grocery stores. Tone-deaf or tuned-in? Coronavirus epidemic proves a minefield for celebs 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Suzuki said it was boredom with routine assignments that compelled him to innovate. Seijun Suzuki, Director Who Inspired Tarantino and Jarmusch, Dies at 93 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z While many of the ads featured positive messages, social media buzzed with mostly comments expressing boredom and even backlash. Super Bowl 2015: Ads round-up 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Then there is the drama of “fixing the children’s” boredom. When kids want parents to play all the time 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z "Bliss – a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious – lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom." Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace – review 2012-08-30T07:00:41Z This love song to naturalism makes a case for Chekhov as one of the few playwrights who can somehow capture life as lived experience — its boredom, its disappointments, its fragile hopes and giddy late-night interludes. 6 Things to Do at Home This Weekend 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z When reducing vast amounts of raw footage into a finished film, Pennebaker said, “The one barometer I believe in is boredom. The minute people start to lose interest, that’s it.” Oscar-winning documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker dies at 94 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z No one can match the capacity for boredom of the adolescent, although in my memory the lack that the bored teenager feels so powerfully and personally is that of experience, not meaning. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z And I removed the apps from my phone, the better to assure I wasn't reflexively scrolling whenever a single moment of boredom presented itself. Life after social media: What I discovered after deleting all of my accounts 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z For many people, boredom = eating, dislocation = eating, loneliness = eating. Stay active and curious: 20 tips to help avoid sadness in lockdown 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In 1972, The New York Times reported on the Ford Motor Company’s plan to fight boredom on the job and an alternative boredom-reduction plan put forward by the United Auto Workers. ArtsBeat Blog: Embattled Intellectual Historians Make a Stand 2011-11-22T13:00:04Z Plath wrote “L'Ennui” — a French word that describes a feeling of listlessness and boredom — next to a description of the character Daisy’s world-weary view of life: “I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.” What we can learn from reading Sylvia Plath’s copy of "The Great Gatsby" 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z They sully pure white snow with cigarette ash and keep boredom at bay with scarcely secret love affairs. No Shrinking Violets: A Short Story Collection From Roxane Gay 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Movies are, after all, generally conceived of as diversions from the humdrummery of every day life; as escapes from, or antidotes to, boredom. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z But the overall impression of the work is less of emotional implosion than of expanding boredom. ‘Elena’s Aria,’ Early Work by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z In the episode’s truest moment, a roomful of reporters sit with glazed faces, their mix of deadline nerves and utter boredom palpable, as Mr. Guillen drones through some postgame boilerplate. \| 'The Club': The MLB Network Follows the Chicago White Sox 2010-07-16T22:52:00Z "There's a need to play and to fight boredom and to keep yourself entertained," says Arad, adding that it's a bonus if you can earn a living from it. When Cat's Eyes met Ron Arad 2011-08-16T20:31:00Z There’s little eye contact between Johnson and Dornan, and chilly silences, and overblown exhalations of boredom. Next question: rewatching the most awkward movie press tours 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z It reminds us that aggravating though it may be to be stuck inside, better to be quarantined with those you've vowed to tolerate than ride out what seems like an eternity of boredom alone. "What We Do In the Shadows" was a vampire comedy. Now it's a feel-good show about quarantine life 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z For that matter, every one of Michael’s interactions—whether with a taxi driver, a desk clerk, a bellhop, or even Lisa’s friend and colleague Emily—is tainted by his irritation, his indifference, his boredom. The Condescending Compassion of Charlie Kaufman’s “Anomalisa” 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Swirls of Motion in Black and White Many years ago a friend told me that several hours into “Die Walküre” she began to cry with boredom. Dance Review: Swirls of Motion in Black and White 2010-12-06T23:25:00Z Maybe you — we — are traumatized by months of the weird combination of boredom and menace that covid forced on us. Perspective \| Carolyn Hax: How does a mom uninterested in ‘normal’ return to it? 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z But I knew of a woman named Manina de Cal and was emboldened by boredom to call her; she invited me to tea on Christmas Day. T Magazine: Vexed in Venice 2011-12-01T00:10:20Z Ms. Alt’s usual game face for a show is either one of mild boredom or profound boredom. On the Runway Blog: The Best of New York Fashion Week 2012-02-17T20:31:18Z You’ve got to keep sharp and stimulated, too – boredom can have a huge impact on you psychologically. 'Your ego has to be left at the door': the secret life of the understudy 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z "Stretching cruelly and slowly between anguish and boredom." Even Silence Has an End by Ingrid Betancourt 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z There is graffiti from the first century at Pompeii that refers to boredom with the ironic sensibility of an ancient Banksy: "Wall!" it exclaims in Latin. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z I was a classic “opt-out,” a woman who traded in a potentially high-powered job for the hearty mix of wonder, boredom and mess that is being a full-time caregiver to small humans. On being a part-time working mom 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z But instead of sleeping, Andy found himself listening to the radio to escape the boredom. ‘I wish I’d told Dad how much I hated him’ – when children ditch their parents 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z It takes some guts to move between intensity and boredom cinematically yet that is what being on the road is. I've never seen ... American Honey \| Suzanne Moore 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The A-Team strikes the right cartoony tone, but then bludgeons you into boredom with action. This week's new films 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z Bloomberg looked at Todd with an expression that was a combination of boredom and annoyance before replying, “Yes, I worked hard.” Perspective \| For his first debate, Mike Bloomberg wore a nice suit and a look of boredom 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Wearing a long frock coat, the mezzo-soprano Lacey Jo Benter brings a rich, full voice and youthful restlessness to the Prince, vividly conveying the young man’s boredom and isolation until the moment he meets Cinderella. Opera Review: ‘Cendrillon,’ From Massenet, Is Playing at Juilliard 2014-04-24T22:40:30Z He even draws all over the white walls with the green crayon he gets as his first "treat" to stave off boredom. The intriguing, well-acted "Immaculate Room" isolates a couple for 50 days as a test of resolve 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z His study is boredom – he even quits his job to pursue it. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z No. Well that's just I want something to break the boredom. Nick Hornby gave up record stores for Spotify, cigarettes for vaping, and adapting his own books 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Like the soldiers at the front, the children suffer through boredom and disappointment, and they’re alternately embarrassed and amused by their parents’ sudden fears and sentimentalities. John Boorman Tribute at Film Forum Goes Beyond ‘Deliverance’ 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z You kind of want him to succeed in his petty rebellion against boredom, conformity and corporate blandness, and you kind of want him to be punched in the face. New Directors/New Films Festival Opens With Bold Strokes 2014-03-18T21:30:55Z Sometimes they reek of plain old boredom — of legends, their Hall of Fame status assured, killing time between greatest-hits tours by knocking out a symphony. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z More than a wish for excitement, boredom contains a longing for narrative, for engagement that warrants attention to the world. Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z As he joked, "The only two words that promise more boredom in the English language are 'featuring Sting.' " John Oliver rails against cable companies over net neutrality 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z But you don’t get to see the next 30 years of boredom, or anxiety, or terror or concern. In defense of single people 2012-07-09T01:00:00Z You risk disappointment, but even boredom or disgust can be fun, especially if you have company for your misery. The Movies Are Back. But What Are Movies Now? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z And yet boredom remained part of the point, a boredom I passed through on the way to incredulous admiration. Jan Martens Brings Cheeky Dances to the Abrons Arts Center 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z “Even as they’re experiencing grief as the virus impacts their loved ones, or if their lives are relatively untouched by it, people will be facing isolation, boredom and a need for small joy,” says Quicho. After the virus, what new priorities will we each have? 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z This nightly general knowledge quiz is how the residents of Rue Saint-Bernard, in the 11th district of Paris, are relieving the boredom and isolation of a coronavirus lockdown that is now nearly a month old. Paris neighbours ease lockdown blues with quiz from balconies 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z George sees Jonathan as his wine-guzzling saviour and the two team up to stave off boredom. Your next box set: Bored to Death 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z “It is only the translation of this boredom and puzzlement into resentment and denunciation that seems to me indefensible.” Making Milton Babbitt’s Legacy Less Fearsome 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z All the ingredients Alan needs to stave off boredom in the Travel Tavern. Six to watch: Alan Partridge's best bits 2012-06-22T11:05:44Z Being overscheduled leads to a decrease in boredom, which leads to a decrease in imaginative play, which leads to a decrease in creativity. Should these parents let their son quit baseball? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “It was a pleasure to have dinner and watch TV with my parents. I don’t have to cook for myself. But also, I was extremely bored, and boredom is the enemy of rationality.” ‘We were sexually frustrated’: did it work out for people who texted an ex in lockdown? 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s not as if we want to take something away from the guys, apart from the boredom of a solely masculine world. A drunk colleague called me a slut. What should I do? \| Mariella Frostrup 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The boredom that our kids are experiencing is rough for them. Perspective \| Advice from Meghan Leahy for parenting through the coronavirus 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Of the clouds and shadows that hung over Clinton in the press, the darkest, perhaps, was the prospect of boredom. The Frankfurt School Knew Trump Was Coming 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z But it had the desired effect, heightening anticipation and, if not clearing the mind, at least reducing it to a state of undirected boredom. Hand over your cellphone, and obey the gong. Marina Abramovic reinvents Bach. 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z For many of their contemporaries, the 1950s dream of a suburban marriage proved a poison chalice, with many turning to Valium to numb the boredom. Waking up to New York: secrets of the world's most famous women-only hotel 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z But he is funnier when he cuts loose, as with a skit about dull Sundays as a kid, which absurdly exaggerates childhood boredom. Dan Clark ? review 2011-04-11T17:30:52Z To alleviate the boredom of waiting all day for him to return from his office, she gets a job passing out sausage samples at a grocery store. Movie Review: Sion Sono’s ‘Guilty of Romance,’ a Study in Degradation 2014-03-14T01:34:48Z The Red Cross brought it to P.O.W. camps to offset monumental boredom. Books of The Times: ‘Ping-Pong Diplomacy,’ by Nicholas Griffin 2014-01-02T22:23:15Z A few roll their eyes; others visibly display their boredom. Yves Saint Laurent’s ‘Scandal’ Collection 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z He’s motivated a bit by money, a bit by boredom and, in the best hard-boiled tradition, a lot by a desire to get at the truth of the crime. Michael Connelly’s ‘The Crossing’: Harry Bosch goes to the dark side 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z But no: “Black is slimming,” she says, in a tone of dryly funny boredom that’s Mash’s signature, and which Ms. Parsons captures with perfect goth-girl insouciance. Review: ‘Stupid _____ Bird’ Is Chekhov for the 21st Century 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z “I did not want to be there,” Ms. Shapiro sings on “IDC,” continuing, “So I got drunk out of boredom/Is it cool not to care?” Reviews: Jidenna, Chastity Belt, Sicko Mobb and Mickey Guyton 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Their unending boredom is occasionally interrupted by sermons from the good reverend, who tells them they’re “garbage,” “dumb-dumbs,” and other mild but grating put-downs. “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is still rough around the edges 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z My fear would be a return to boredom and loneliness. Pet chicks, pink hair, an old plane: Explore this illustration of readers' pandemic coping habits Here she learns the true meaning of boredom and is soon eager to return to her previous life of partying with Kim and Nicole. Gene Weingarten: Have you lost your Marples, Hollywood? 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Author of "The Perfect Storm" and "War," Junger lived for months with the men, many with the echo of boyhood upon them, surviving drudgery, grit, split-second volatility, boredom and doubt. 'Korengal' shows the lasting effects of war on U.S. soldiers 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Together, they lived in a world of gossip, intrigue and one-upmanship, but really only feared one thing: boredom. An 18th-century Parisian garden of delight can teach us much about what not to do today 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Here they are riding bikes through the decrepit wilds of Xenia, Ohio, the smalltown boredom cranked so high it came out as transcendence. Pulp Fiction to Magnolia: the best films of the 90s – as chosen by critics 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z “In the inhumanity of boredom,” Svendsen writes, “we gain a perspective on our own humanity.” Review \| Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z That type of boredom I think would just destroy us. Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne: We're the only band "used to playing in space bubbles" 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Children, especially very young children, learn through play, creativity, some healthy boredom and raw materials. The summer backslide 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z After a year, George sensed boredom coming our way, so we got into his white Mitsubishi and set off to visit family and friends, a dozen or so in 10 Eastern states. Modern Love: Age Is No Obstacle to Love, or Adventure 2013-09-12T18:12:17Z "Today's boredom is not hungry, a response to deprivation; it is a loss of cultural appetite, in response to the surfeit of claims on your attention and time." The tyranny of cultural choice is making my brain gasp 2012-10-28T20:00:13Z With their romantic gesture, they overcame the horrific boredom and humiliation of the concentration camp. Wu Ming's top 10 utopias 2013-05-29T12:00:01Z As a kid I read indiscriminately, mostly to avoid boredom. Please Don’t Ask Elizabeth Kolbert How She Organizes Her Books 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Often, I scapegoat others for my own boredom via the reviewer’s best friend: the fabled “many viewers.” Riff: Eating Your Cultural Vegetables 2011-05-01T07:43:01Z In short, the story is a metaphor for how Alice uses her imagination to quench her boredom; Carroll says her favorite phrase is "let's pretend." Movie Review: Taking the Wonder Out of Wonderland 2010-02-26T23:10:00Z From boredom, loneliness, habit, hedonism, lack of self-confidence; as stress relief or a short-cut to euphoria; to bury the past, obliterate the present or escape the future. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z The themes of my film — Lea's boredom — meant there were going to be scenes of her tanning. Examining "what consent means" for a teenage girl in audacious "Palm Trees and Power Lines" 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Wallace sketches in the first bare strokes of something here and there — characters wrestle with their boredom and think about how they might get promoted. Unfinished Business 2011-03-31T11:15:00Z A posthumous future where “You have nothing to fear” and “There is nothing you can do wrong” sounds like infinite boredom — inhuman and alienating in its contentment. Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z Cornelia Vanderbilt, George and Edith’s only child, could stand to live in her inheritance for only seven years before the debts and the boredom crushed her. Biltmore House, America’s Original McMansion 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z He finds, maybe, a value in boredom, which I also kind of relate to. In ‘Paterson’ and ‘Silence,’ Adam Driver wrestles with poetry and piety 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Like many others, she notes the drugs offered relief from the boredom. Pride and pain in Trump country: 'We all grew up poor, but we had a community' 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Futility and disconnection seem to be among the points of the piece, which acknowledges and invites the audience’s boredom. Review: ‘Hand Foot Fizzle Face’ Explores Futility and Disconnection 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Kids who are always bored in their leisure time, says Caldwell, are in danger of developing “long-term boredom, where nothing is ever interesting.” What to Do When Your Kid Gets Bored This Summer 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z And though the work is in some sense about boredom and waiting, much of it becomes too tedious. ‘Rosas Danst Rosas’ Revisits a Choreographer’s Early Work 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z “The Pale King,” David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel about I.R.S. agents struggling against boredom, may be unfinished, but it is still 548 pages long. ArtsBeat: David Foster Wallace, Self-Help Reader 2011-04-11T19:20:13Z James Fenton wrote in The New York Times Book Review in 1985 that when he read Mr. Ashbery’s work, there were times “when I actually thought I was going to burst into tears of boredom.” John Ashbery, Prize-Winning Poet, Is Dead at 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Her bedside manner is brisk and kind, her boredom nonjudgmental. Yrsa Daley-Ward Breaks Out of the “Instapoetry” Pack with Her Memoir “The Terrible” 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Strenuous action precludes boredom, and there’s little moral ambiguity to worry about. “The Revenant” is Trump, “Spotlight” is Bernie: What this best picture race tells us about our divided America 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z A problem deeper than boredom nagged at me, though. A Lesbian Who’s Not a Lesbian Walks Into a Bar, and ... 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Cornwell had harbored artistic aspirations since boyhood, and “going mad with boredom” with his work in intelligence, he began writing what would become his first novel, “Call for the Dead.” Review: Adam Sisman’s ‘John le Carré: The Biography’ 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Piper does a decent job of playing downtrodden 1950s housewife Betty, whose boredom leads her to a risky, tragic affair with Polish neighbour Craze. The Grand National 2010-04-10T05:45:00Z The “fighters,” however, stare at each other with scornful boredom, then leave. The NY Cat Film Festival Is Here. And No One’s Allergic to Movies. 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z In the most heartfelt chapter of his book Retromania, the music critic Simon Reynolds admits to a strange nostalgia for the boredom of his youth. The tyranny of cultural choice is making my brain gasp 2012-10-28T20:00:13Z Despite the obstacles, early career film-makers are finding ways to create new work without straying outdoors, meanwhile mastering their technique and staving off boredom. Will the lockdown trigger a new wave of kitchen sink cinema? 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Why not trade pain and boredom for kicks and style? Just a Book? No, More Like a Trusty Companion 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z For all its shining choruses and bright, perky chords, this Welsh quintet's second album is a murky thing, digging into the human heart to find disappointment, frustration and boredom. Race Horses: Furniture – review 2012-11-29T21:00:01Z The opening scene was a neat illustration of Alicia’s suspended state of boredom and humiliation after being forced to drop out of the state’s attorney’s election that she had honestly won. 'The Good Wife' Recap: I Can't Take Another Failure 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z No empty hours in which to find boredom, or to wallow in longing or anxiety. My Favorite Vacation: Summer Camp 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Tom Rosenberg, the president and chief executive of the ACA, says kids, many of whom are struggling with anxiety, loneliness and boredom, may need a camp experience more this year than ever. After a draining spring, parents face the prospect of a summer without a lifeline: Camp 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z “It was,” Orwell wrote, “one of the things that helped to console people for the boredom of being bombed.” DVDs: Thrills From British Vaults 2010-06-20T02:00:00Z Though they often have the built-in advantage of following famous people around, they aren't immune to boredom and eye-rolling faux depth. 25 great rockumentaries every music (and movie) fan should see 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Your child outgrows the curriculum or expresses boredom and begins to misbehave? Perspective \| Play vs. learning for a young child: Ignore the opinionated relatives and trust your gut 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Encyclopedias, gazetteers, even boredom itself now seems obsolete. iPhones make lousy dermatologists 2013-02-04T19:08:00Z How do you combat loneliness or boredom when you're in the thick of working on a project, and also not get distracted by everything that's available to us now? Nick Hornby gave up record stores for Spotify, cigarettes for vaping, and adapting his own books 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps because they have chosen to be there, they don’t have the look of sullen resentment and cultivated boredom that glazes the faces of the high school students glimpsed now and again. \| 'Poetry': Consider an Apple, Consider the World 2011-02-10T22:31:06Z They appear to have no perceptible objectives, and boredom cannot entirely be quelled by talk of which Playboy centerfold is more enticing. Review: ‘Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait,’ as Grim as It Is Cryptic 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The thing about A.D.H.D. is you have a pathological fear of boredom, so it forced me to never have a job that is boring, and I think that is a blessing. After ‘Please Like Me,’ Josh Thomas’s New Show Is All Fiction 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z I wanted to get at both the boredom and flimsiness of it but also at its power—how your sense of self and scale might dissolve in that landscape of interchangeability. Ben Lerner on Adolescence and His Forthcoming Novel 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Kate, a socialite, thinks she may actually be dying of boredom. ‘Intelligent Life’ Review: Cecily Strong’s ‘Awerobics’ Workout 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Those of you who have spent time in an airplane recently, browsing through SkyMall to kill the boredom, have probably seen a few handheld scanners advertised. Best portable scanner on the market 2012-11-04T17:00:00Z We expect the show to recreate itself with each new incarnation of the main character, and that in-built drive towards novelty helps it remain sharp, even as other shows trend towards repetition and boredom. Why Doctor Who is Pop Culture Sci-Fi At Its Best 2013-03-15T13:30:58Z Ms. Sullivan astutely reinterpreted “In Buddy’s Eyes” and “Being Alive” as wised-up, bitterly cynical expressions of marital boredom and stagnation by a wife feeling trapped in her marriage. KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar Reflect a New Era 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z It depicted an America so plagued by tedium and meaningless routine that its citizens are in danger of dying of boredom. Books of The Times: David Foster Wallace Biography by D. T. Max 2012-08-22T14:21:10Z Out of lonely boredom, you open the top drawer of the nightstand. Provoking discussion, not riots: Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an” is quietly transgressive, eschewing the satirical depictions of the Prophet Muhammad that grab headlines 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Alas, in “The Dog,” the narrator barely budges from his unhappy little cocoon, and there are no captivating characters like Ramkissoon to alleviate his spiral of self-pity — or the reader’s boredom. ‘The Dog,’ the Latest by Joseph O’Neill, of ‘Netherland’ 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z "I might die young or I might die old, but I will never die of boredom," Bates said in a 1980s interview. 'Prince Roy of Sealand' Roy Bates dead at 91 2012-10-10T16:34:08Z She studies the way boredom and terror, not a combination humans are accustomed to, mingle and ferment. ‘Wuhan Diary’ Offers an Angry and Eerie View From Inside Quarantine 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z All of them hold the promise of warding off boredom and — maybe — earning users a moment of online celebrity. The Social Media Challenges Helping Keep Boredom at Bay 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Confined to her flat and filled with disappointment and boredom, Yara, 39 decided to create a YouTube channel for her show “Leo the Lion and his Friends”. Locked-down puppeteer brings her characters to life in Madrid flat 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Myrtle Beach's family-friendly allure grows from its flashy attractions and the guarantee that, rain or shine, your vacation will never suffer boredom. Myrtle Beach Family Guide 2010-05-06T16:06:00Z There's fear and horror, of course, but also boredom and excitement; some are direct and descriptive, others poetic and elegiac. Bang Goes the Theory 2010-09-07T23:04:00Z After boredom set in, they began singing a cappella versions of hits to pass the time. New band of the day ? No 761: Nightbus 2010-04-07T16:03:00Z Still, Ms. Moss said, many readers related to the claustrophobia, anxiety and boredom that her characters endure in “The Fell,” which will be released in the United States next month. The Problem With the Pandemic Plot 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z “The epitome of boredom,” he avoids anxiety or trouble of any kind. Book review: ‘The Global War on Morris,’ a political satire by Congressman Steve Israel 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z But Mr. Anderson was in control of everything here, and he properly sounded a note of boredom with an over-designed world. On the Runway: At London Fashion Week, an Emphasis on the Ordinary 2013-09-15T08:34:09Z Hobsbawm was obsessed with boredom; his experience of it appears at least twenty-seven times in Evans’s biography. Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Despite its bad reputation, boredom is secretly powerful and quite wonderful. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Tester dreams of escaping Kingsport, and boredom; teenage girls explain how their social media crushes provide an escape from real-life bullying and adolescent blues. Jawline: behind the social media documentary about short-lived fame 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Speaking of boredom, it is appropriate and needed for your child to not be entertained. Perspective \| When a young son is an early riser, but a parent is not 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Yet we get the sense that these amateur raids are conducted as much to alleviate boredom as provide pocket money. ‘Low Tide’ Review: Jersey Boys to Jersey Men 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Other surveys have shown that people’s fear of boredom is similar to their fear of cancer. Emptiness doesn't have to mean nothingness: it could mean happiness 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z In place of the daily grind, their children have discovered boredom, which is the birthplace of creativity. Perspective \| My kids seem happier since the pandemic slowed life down. Should I be worried? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Female labourers and housewives passed the stories onto one another to dispense shared wisdom, or else to break up the boredom of another working day as they toiled away from the prying eyes of men. How Cinderella lost its original feminist edge in the hands of men 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Jamison draws a distinction between boredom and lethargy. 'Start a daily routine – and make the weekends different': the isolation experts' guide to lockdown living 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z While the grinding boredom of grunt life feels realistic, sharing the slow passing of time with the soldiers places a burden on the audience, as we begin to feel the oppressive tedium ourselves. Review: ‘Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait,’ as Grim as It Is Cryptic 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z They can arise just as easily from a place of fear or anxiety or boredom as from arousal. I fall for strangers: I thought my fantasies made me writerly and special — it took decades to see how they were ruining my life 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Turkey is definitely a meat that can lend itself to boredom; unless prepared correctly, you’ll be left with a tasteless pile of dry, bland bites. The 6 most bonkers turkey preparations, from Cheetos crusts to glitter gobblers 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The writer wants the novel to express his own “boredom, vanity, monotony” — not usually a promising idea for a book. Experimental Literature That Tests Family Bonds and Routines 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z There’s plenty of downstairs gossip, second-guessing of the higher-ups and the boredom you might expect in someone relegated to a humdrum job for centuries on end. Gandalf’s room was a mess: “The Lord of the Rings” retold from the perspective of Rivendell’s housekeeper 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z In fact, the latter suggests a far more active engagement – although nowadays heckling and walking out are generally a way to express moral repugnance rather than sheer boredom. Should there be more heckling in the theatre? 2012-11-06T13:11:21Z In a sense, he’s re-created the psychological experience of battle: the weird interludes of happiness and boredom suddenly shattered by incomprehensible disorder. Review \| In Paul Yoon’s ‘Run Me to Earth,’ three orphans struggle to survive in the deadliest place on earth 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But, for the most part, all I felt was an overwhelming sense of boredom. Star Trek v Star Wars: Star Trek v Star Wars: fans weigh in on the timeless debate 2013-05-17T13:50:00Z Judging by the results, boredom set in fairly quickly and artistic individuality increasingly asserted itself. Art in Review: Work 2013-07-18T21:02:01Z Those run the gamut from boredom and irritation to absolute delight. Old Masters and Fresh Surprises at the New York Film Festival 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z “No Choice” sums up the stasis of the pandemic: limited mobility, boredom, yearning, questioning, resignation. Tame Impala’s Disco-Prog Shrug, and 9 More New Songs 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z As such, nobody in this flick loses anything by starring in it, since we've all agreed that it is a frivolous, wacky and occasionally explosive substitute for boredom. Netflix's "Gunpowder Milkshake" is another dumb fun lark about women who kill 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z And much like real summer camp, there are moments of adventure, immaturity, boredom, love, self-discovery, and, of course, an underlying feeling that you don’t really want to be at summer camp anyway. Tyler, the Creator is His Own Worst Enemy on Wolf 2013-04-03T11:00:02Z Even wonderful people experience sickness, sadness, and boredom. We’ll Always Have Pawnee 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z It also means being aware of other physical sensations such as tension, fatigue and thirst, and emotional states such as anxiety or boredom. Perspective \| How to eat mindfully in the real world — and that doesn’t mean distraction-free 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Which means they will claim boredom, and more than likely they will whine about it. How to Entertain Your Kids This Summer 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The first, as Bishop’s comment implies, is that they can involve a deadly combination of boredom and sympathetic embarrassment. Poetry in Performance in New York 2011-10-06T22:17:39Z Murnane’s sentences are little dialectics of boredom and beauty, flatness and depth. A Strange Australian Masterpiece About Our Relationship to the Land 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z But as the fifth season gets underway, Gene's existential boredom and anxiety cranks up to a full panic that one suspects is a key element of the series' endgame. "Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk: Season 5 will go "more wrong than it's ever gone" before 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z He tends to be against boredom and in favor of the pursuit of nonsobriety. Books of The Times: ?Holidays in Heck,? by P. J. O?Rourke - Review 2011-11-29T23:13:18Z During his daily periods of boredom J. P. Powers was given to thought. ‘Hot and Unhappy in Unwise Shoes’: A William Trevor Sampler 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Or ironising Proust, whom a vigilant desire for possession and knowledge imprisons in a pendulum that swings between suffering and boredom? Which writer taught me most about love? 2012-02-10T22:55:10Z Considering how integral Lil Wayne is to the DNA of contemporary hip-hop, he’s been a ghost of late, a victim of hip-hop’s rapid turnover, intractable label problems and perhaps his own boredom. The Playlist: Lil Wayne Recaptures His Old Magic and 8 More New Songs 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Social services are available and get used, if only out of boredom. My heroin addict friend: thrown in jail, a rebound in rehab – now Shelly has hope 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z I began studying boredom six years ago during a creative dry spell. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z There was no sense of boredom or squirming. Music: Face the Music, Teenage Alt-Classical Ensemble 2012-03-25T02:43:04Z Setting the proper workout pace, or the distribution of energy during exercise, deflects boredom and fatigue, syncs body and mind, and enables the everyday exerciser to keep pushing the envelope. To make the most of a workout, experts say set the proper pace 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z The subsequent sessions followed the same format, with all of us sharing how our meditations were going, troubleshooting things like noisy spouses or boredom or, in my case, always falling asleep. A 20-Minute Exercise You Can Do Anywhere 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The protagonist of “Mr. Mercedes” is Bill Hodges, a retired Midwestern homicide detective who, somewhat unconvincingly, is contemplating killing himself out of boredom and regret. “Mr. Mercedes”: How Stephen King’s killers mirror real-life murderers 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Juan’s attraction to the antiquities he covets isn’t motivated only by boredom or greed, but also by a sense of their mystical power. Review: In ‘Museo,’ Two Slackers Pull Off a Daring Heist 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z It is the boredom and deadpan hilarity that keeps you glued. Your next box set: Bored to Death 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z I'm saying that boredom is a productive and indeed revolutionary force, by the way, not that its results are always or everywhere pleasant. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z They were all enjoying themselves much more than the teens, though by the end of the trip the ship ran out of surprises and dangerous boredom set in. I went on a freaking cruise 2012-12-09T13:00:00Z Reichert answers carefully – my guess is that she has been briefed to boredom by publicists. The Obamas' first film: will American Factory be the biggest documentary of 2019? 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z My approach to the fighting was otherwise traditional — hundreds of tiny arrows winging their way through the boredom of my history lesson and over every land mass from Greenland to Australia. My teenage nuclear fantasies: Imagining apocalypse in America’s atomic age 2014-05-08T12:15:00Z Having said that, I don’t doubt that there are plenty of current and former soldiers who’ve read a couple of pages and chucked it aside in disgust or boredom. Q. and A.: Kevin Powers and Ben Fountain, National Book Award Nominees 2012-11-13T17:21:36Z Svendsen describes boredom as an absence of meaning, and in this sense Nausea made being bored an act of rebellion. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z This tale is jauntier: God, we are told, created humans, who immediately created boredom. Review: Peter Brook Asks the Ultimate Question in ‘Why?’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z If there is a renaissance in New York — wrought either by the down economy or just boredom with the same old thing — Tillman’s embodies it. Bo?te \| Tillman?s: Soulful Music at Its Heart 2010-02-26T23:42:00Z “People are tired of wearing just sweatshirts and leggings,” said Jaehee Jung, a fashion psychologist and professor at the University of Delaware, adding that boredom tends to drive a lot of consumer trends. We Have Reached Peak ‘Exercise Dress’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z And then it ended, and nobody noticed because they had all died of boredom three weeks earlier. From Top Gear to The X-Files: the six worst TV shows of 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z For me, those empty, quiet nights were a reminder of the boredom that pushed me into the arms of books in the first place. Did the Pandemic Change Summer Reading for Good? I Hope So. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z But beyond scrupulous detail about the numbing boredom and the agitating misery of working in such a psyche-warping environment, the play has little to offer by way of drama. Theater Review: ?Assistance,? by Leslye Headland, Revolves Around Absent Boss 2012-02-29T00:09:35Z We'll rebuild the rest To look like Welwyn mixed with Middle West In among this landscape, there lurks one more source of inspiration that runs between English poetry and pop: boredom. Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z “Interviews mumbled and blotted, the simplest of earnest rehearsed queries lost and pondered and lost again … The endless noisy boredom of the tour.” Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z So perfect, that he soon stops going to work and spurns normal society in order spend his time sitting there and endeavouring to embrace boredom. Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z Ms. Gayle is persuasive as the self-absorbed teenager who jumps between the usual modes of feeling, resentment and boredom. \| 'Family Week': Beth Henley Revival Opens at Lucille Lortel 2010-05-05T02:26:00Z There’s no question of boredom or a waning of desire through marital familiarity. Women and desire: the six ages of sex 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Research suggests that chronic boredom is responsible for a profusion of negative outcomes such as overeating, gambling, truancy, antisocial behaviour, drug use, accidents, risk taking and much more. Why are we so bored? 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z “I needed a gentler way to work my body and also something to combat the boredom I was feeling,” she said recently. Urban Athlete: Triathlon Training: Rigorous Pursuit That?s on the Rise 2011-09-08T23:00:08Z With all due respect to Jean Twenge, the deep boredom that school generates at least some of the time surely habituates children to the experience of non-stimulation. Is The Atlantic making us stupid? 2012-09-10T16:26:00Z But as spectacle goes, it’s entertaining, and the fast pace is insurance against boredom. Acrobatics and High Winds in ‘Fuerza Bruta: Wayra’ 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z And when his family moves to Costa Rica, he records tracks out of boredom. Stephen Stills: A classic rock Zelig 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “Sometimes there’s something holding them back from expressing it, such as boredom or autism,” she says. The “rage to master”: What it takes for those scary-smart kids to succeed 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Its ascent towards canonical status, though, embodies a thoroughly digital breed of boredom. The 10 best words the internet has given English 2013-04-17T09:19:32Z After the boredom and brilliance of the previous 17 episodes, Lynch signed off the return with another finale that left fans with a mix of lingering doubt, satisfaction and a desire to know more. The best TV episodes of 2017, from The Deuce to Line of Duty 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “It has the same rhythms as combat,” Mr. Oswalt says, “where it’s a lot of boredom, and then incredible tension, and either victory or just crushing failure.” Review: CNN’s ‘History of Comedy’ Has Good Timing 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z It's why he wages his own one-man war in the cinema against boredom: you can experience many things watching his films, but you will never complain of longueurs. What Danny Boyle did next 2010-12-05T00:04:00Z It was a consequence of clumsy partners, perfunctory routines, incomplete education, boredom and the chafe of overfamiliarity. What I learned talking to 120 women about their sex lives and desires 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Stress and tension can open these gates, as can boredom, lack of activity and focusing attention on pain. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z With an air of boredom, Newman ran through the list of tactics he’d turn to if he couldn’t prevent the clinic from opening. Wichita resumes its fight for reproductive freedom 2013-04-12T14:49:00Z In meditation, you get to practice cool boredom with yourself. Practicing the Perfections of Meditation, and Love 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Everyone apparently loved Manet, including Degas, but Mr. Smee makes the case that Degas may have too accurately captured a boredom in Manet’s marriage, causing Manet to lash out against the canvas. ‘The Art of Rivalry’ Dissects Four Jostling Pairs of Artists 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Thirteen artists attempt to answer the question, and the results tie in escape, boredom and environmental destruction. The Week Ahead: model trains and a little naughty fun 2013-12-18T23:08:04Z It was also an interlude of hoarding, and of drunkenness, lawlessness and licentiousness, born of boredom and anarchy. Paul Theroux Recalls a Fear-Filled Lockdown 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z The boredom of the first impoverished generations of Parisian bohemians produced Impressionist painting and Symbolist poetry. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z Before the pandemic, podcasts helped me stave off boredom on long-haul flights and kept me company during sleepless nights when my body was in one time zone and my mind was in another. With travel podcasts, explore the world through your ear buds 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Not surprisingly, a novel about boredom is, more than occasionally, boring. Books of The Times: Maximized Revenue, Minimized Existence 2011-03-31T21:14:33Z In retrospect, it is not hard to see why audiences avoided it: it is an incredibly gloomy black-and-white portrait of boredom and the Thatcherite recession. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Some are overwhelmed by boredom or personal worry. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z For the first few hundred miles, he moans of sore feet and boredom. Into the Wild: Three books celebrate the joys of life in nature 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Two months earlier, in July — six days after my 19th birthday and at the height of the pandemic — I had downloaded Hinge out of boredom and curiosity. May We Please Just Date Without Hate? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The truth: We'd settle for Cole as a facsimile of Drake with more songs about boredom in boudoirs and paranoia in penthouses. New band of the day - No 840 J Cole 2010-08-04T16:17:00Z If there is one feeling that Americans dread, it is boredom. Donald Trump and the hobbling of shame: David Foster Wallace warned us about reality TV and we didn’t listen 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z You convey a palpable sense of boredom in the film, but you manage to make it interesting. In "Los Lobos," two boys who flee Mexico discover that the American Dream isn't Disneyland 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z As bulwarks against boredom go, in this life or the next, one could do a lot worse than Frank Kuppner. The Same Life Twice by Frank Kuppner – review 2012-08-24T21:45:03Z Most nights young women in short shorts and exaggerated makeup lounged in the massage chairs in varying degrees of boredom, and the space was lit in pink. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z And the guests include some fascinating Canadian artists who deserve broader recognition, including the “slow” painter Margaux Williamson, who speaks about how “boredom and patience leads to complicated things.” 10 Binge-Worthy Art Podcasts in the Age of Coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z But boredom set in, and he dropped out. Jack Tilton, Art Dealer With an Eye for the New, Dies at 66 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z There's a real sense of writer boredom creeping in, with too much saying and not enough seeing. Dexter season eight preview: is it the right time to kill the show? 2013-07-05T11:37:00Z Part of that, she said, was boredom from reading “a hell of lot of scripts with characters that were the supportive girlfriend/wife.” Keira Knightley, Making Her Broadway Debut, Is Not Afraid of the Dark 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z According to my editor, the surest way to find out is to make me consume all 13 50-minute episodes in a single sitting and see if I die of boredom in the process. One man vs Civilisation 2011-02-05T00:03:00Z Then, like a true villain, Paul stomped on many’s hopes and dreams by interjecting with a cheap “juuuuuust kidding, boredom got the best of me.” “Breaking Bad” star Aaron Paul breaks hearts with truly bad “Jesse-centered” spin-off hoax 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z As has often been repeated, "The Pale King" is "about boredom," although that is only where it starts. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z If a young person’s first experience with Shakespeare is boredom or confusion, it may put them off him for a long time. In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z When you expect that an action will be accompanied by feelings of irritability, anxiety or boredom, it’s usually possible to let that feeling arise and fade, while doing the action anyway. Oliver Burkeman's last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Restless and free-associative, he’s best when bouncing from one idea to the next, sticking around just long enough to master it, then splitting before boredom or self-consciousness sets in. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-10T20:45:00Z I am now of an age where I know sex can mean many things: validation, forgiveness, boredom. Let’s have more sex in the movies – but please can it be the fun type? 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Now in its 35th year, the company’s antidote to summer boredom has swelled into one of the world’s largest music events. All that jazz 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Letterman subverted the format's tradition of geniality with his own grouchy personality, not fearing to display boredom with a guest. David Letterman to be awarded Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The disruptions caused by the pandemic have also created a new cohort of swindlers, some driven by economic desperation, others by boredom. That $1,000 Bourbon You Bought May Be a Phony 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z They always had energy, they insist, and boredom is not in the family. The 100-year-old couple – still married, still going strong 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z That, invariably, is a recipe for the sworn enemy of pop – boredom. Has Radio 1 killed the jingle? 2012-08-15T19:00:08Z Her life becomes a frenzied scheme to avoid boredom. In ‘Adèle,’ a Young Woman Pounds Champagne, Spurns Hermès and Destroys Lives 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z There is no rage more instructive and ultimately salutary than that sparked by the person next to you, coughing and shifting and rustling his program in abject boredom. Hand over your cellphone, and obey the gong. Marina Abramovic reinvents Bach. 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z His own prose, he told Roth, had always been “barer, quicker, less intense and striking than yours,” but “yours perhaps errs in the direction of excess, beating a subject to death or boredom.” Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “The Wild Party” is not a blithe, fun musical: Its characters are starkly pinned between seedy dissolution and desperate boredom, which can be an aggravating place. Review \| Strong cast throws a spirited ‘Wild Party’ at the Source 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z “To avoid boredom, I guess? To feel alive?” Review \| Gregg Araki’s ‘Now Apocalypse’ is so preoccupied by sex that it forgets to have an apocalypse 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The days when Brooklyn meant “baseball, boredom and bad breath,” to quote a dig apocryphally attributed to Barbra Streisand, are long gone. Jonathan Safran Foer, Oliver Stone and Javier Marías, Brooklyn Bound 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Kjartansson is dedicated to what he calls the “divine boredom” of such marathon performances. ‘The Visitors,’ by Ragnar Kjartansson 2013-01-06T04:59:41Z Most of the thousands of faces in the painting were generic renditions of martial agony, ecstasy, or battlefield boredom. A Giant and Long-Contested Civil War Painting Returns to Its Former Glory 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z But why would you want to encounter "an oasis of horror in a desert of boredom" in the leisurely days of summer? Summer voyages: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño 2013-07-29T12:59:01Z At one time we used to say we were bringing the boredom back to Sunday, and that might be overstating it, but it's that kind of thing. Jarvis Cocker on radio: this isn't hardcore 2012-09-26T19:00:05Z It's also important to mix things up, as following the same routine every day can quickly lead to boredom and exercise avoidance. What can you do to speed up your metabolism? 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Tom blunts his guilt and boredom with booze swigged straight from the bottle. Review: ‘Good Kill’ Stars Ethan Hawke Fighting Enemies Half a World Away 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The lyrics grapple with boredom, peer pressure, insomnia and other aggravations, but the Bots’ message isn’t particularly verbal. Kindness, Vök and the Bots Release New Albums 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z In his fiction and nonfiction he mapped this new America that was entertaining itself to death and reeling at once from overstimulation and boredom, information overload and emotional numbness. Book Review: ‘Both Flesh and Not’ by David Foster Wallace 2012-11-15T16:55:36Z And from the book, so you do really get this sense of just what you’re trying to do while on tour, to stave off the boredom. “No one can live with this much pain and anger, it’s gonna kill me”: Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh on Vic Chesnutt’s suicide, PTSD and why songwriters are “pretty broken” 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z From their research they will learn how their boredom may ebb and flow before finally leveling off into the pleasant hum of old age. Modern Love: Good Enough? That’s Great 2014-01-31T21:20:45Z These antics often seemed like a way of staving off the boredom and loneliness of his travels. The Tragic Death of Mark Baumer, a Prolific Poet and Environmental Activist for the Social-Media Age 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z This month's BBC Music Magazine dares to ask music critics which classical works make them "weep with boredom". Bored by Brahms? Do you find Telemann tedious? 2011-07-06T12:06:36Z For a writer, this is incredibly rich territory—just as long as you are ready to bear the boredom, the mediocrity, and the disillusionment. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The mountain gorillas looked me over with what I took to be boredom, but the rangers leading me knew better. Seeing mountain gorillas up close in eastern Congo 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z There are nonetheless several things to be said in defence of the idea of a boredom that goes beyond a situation, but is overwhelming rather than depressing. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Or is she using him to escape small-town boredom and demonstrate her networking skills? 'Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best': Half of duo steals this gig 2012-09-27T20:23:07Z The principal threats seem to be boredom and loneliness, although it's true that each man must carry a shotgun every time he leaves the station. "How I Ended This Summer": A thriller from the Russian Arctic 2011-02-04T01:30:00Z It's boredom, it's working at home, it's the deliciousness of crisps, it's hormones, it's a culture of grazing. Suzanne Moore: 'I've joined the gym!' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z The boredom may be excruciating at first, but your children will find a way to be creative. Perspective \| Should you move closer to your kids’ school? Maybe, but consider the alternatives first. 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z At the top of his list of issues to discuss: stamina and boredom. A Real-Life GIF in Central Park 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Shar's hands drop, her face glazes over once more with boredom. NW by Zadie Smith – extract 2012-08-17T21:55:12Z It’s boredom, not pity, that drives Katharina to shelter a Jewish fugitive for a night, a decision that will finally, catastrophically, set the family’s exodus in motion. 750,000 Germans Fled East Prussia in 1945. A Novelist Imagines One Family’s Exodus. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z But I wouldn't like to say which activity – thinking in lieu of writing or unloading cement – is most susceptible to boredom. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z But at the end of the first short phrase, the clock can’t help having some fun, breaking up the boredom by throwing in a moment of syncopated rhythm. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Above 117 on the Boredom Proneness Scale, you are practically lying prone with boredom. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z And I remember saying to him, that I thought he'd got it the wrong way round – that really, life was first fear, then boredom. Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z One definition of boredom is a kind of confinement. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z American Idol "American Idol's" pageant of boredom In its buildup-to-payoff ratio, the "American Idol" finale might be the most bloated, least thrilling TV event of any given year. "American Idol's" pageant of boredom 2011-05-26T12:27:00Z That is The Cavern, duffel coats and feigned boredom. The Beatles: a trigger for a musical revolution 2012-10-04T09:56:03Z Whether a sign of boredom or resentment or both, Mr. Bieber’s 100-mile stare was the steadiest feature of his performance here. A Weary Justin Bieber Brings His World Apology Tour to Brooklyn 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Hristov shows how words lead to actions, how jealousy and boredom blend with prejudice into a toxic brew. ‘Fear’ Review: Stranger in a Strange Land 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z In short, she adds, “What causes suffering is not the hellfire, but respectability and boredom.” A poignant tour of the Azerbaijani capital’s Old City — in 17 minutes 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Everyone deals with the boredom of lockdown differently, but for many, an easy way to pass the time is to binge-watch movies and TV shows. Farmers paint cow to look like tiger after watching 'Tiger King' 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z It’s the eve of his disciplinary hearing for the unspecified offense that has landed him in this purgatory, and his resentment and boredom are obvious. ‘The Guilty’ Review: Dial R for Redemption 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z McDonagh reminds us that it is also a world of rain, loneliness and boredom, from which the young yearn to escape. Review 2010-07-21T23:59:00Z He talks in the opening scene about enduring boredom, and “The Killer” is, quite honestly, an endurance test as the character creates a mess and then cleans it up. David Fincher cast the wrong "Killer" in the Netflix thriller that lacks the auteur's usual edge 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z “Coming up with another perfect combination of peonies and lilacs is a recipe for perpetual boredom,” he said. The Gimlet Eye: Party Planners Need Friends With Benefits 2010-05-26T20:53:00Z And since "fewer people are watching television over the Fourth," he added, "I suppose fewer die of boredom." Andy Rooney exiting '60 Minutes' this Sunday 2011-09-27T22:20:10Z It also creates moments of adventure and intrigue, such as the unexpected overlapping of spaces, which counter the potential boredom of big schools. Amazing Grace 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z I need something to watch to take my mind off the inherent boredom of being on a treadmill, elliptical, etc. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘30 for 30’ 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The consumers aren't being conned, they are colluding – anything to keep the boredom levels down. So girls are not all as nice as pie. And your point is? 2011-01-02T00:07:17Z There's boredom too that one needs to attend. For these guys, it's about finding that rhythm 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z He resented “the boredom of sitting in the gallery, and people are sitting on their Internets,” he said. Antiques: Furniture Sleuthing on Long Island 2010-06-10T21:47:00Z Then, if a child ever complains of boredom, point him or her in the direction of the fun wall. Just say no to an over-programmed summer 2011-05-30T14:35:04Z Of course I want him to experience some boredom. Perspective \| Our 9-year-old has an unhealthy obsession with online games. What can we do? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z It's "the fruition of boredom" which needs to be admitted, and perhaps it's a harder admission than infidelity, since it's intrinsic: "the equation of us". Poem of the week: Fruition by Rhian Edwards 2012-06-18T11:24:52Z If your own boredom is the biggest obstacle to be overcome in “Gifted Hands,” the actors don’t look any more thrilled to be there. Ben Carson’s hilariously bad TV biopic: Outrageously incoherent and brimming with obnoxious politics, it’s a quintessential Carson calling card 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z But that was enough to let boredom slip in. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Pretty good: a song seemingly born of teenage boredom and malingering, yet clearly full of artistic self-consciousness, using French fries as totems, expressing self-criticism and defiance. Cherry Glazerr at Mercury Lounge 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Part of that new and, for some, renewed interest may stem from a simple need to fight off boredom. How The Sims Became the Internet’s Most Exciting Place to Eat 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Armies of environmental health inspectors declared war on the old slums with compulsory purchase orders, their miserable stigmatised occupants bulldozed off to remote soulless estates to die of loneliness and boredom. Rewind TV: All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry; The Secret History of Our Streets; The Apprentice 2012-06-09T23:05:47Z For at least some audience members, disgust and boredom have definitely prevailed. \| 'Burning' : Thomas Bradshaw?s ?Burning? at Acorn Theater - Review 2011-11-15T03:18:36Z This is a man who is drawing all of his enemies to him due to boredom, and that’s not even the risky part. Hannibal recap: season three, episode five – Contorno 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The early musing on boredom is soon displaced by a sometimes sweet, but generally sour love story. Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z What Barker-Froyland captures exquisitely, amid the modest and familiar world of “Song One,” is the strange combination of boredom and regret that often accompanies medical emergency. “Song One”: Why I can’t hate Anne Hathaway’s Brooklyn romance 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z If existential boredom is the knowledge that anything can happen, and therefore nothing has meaning, adolescent boredom is the awareness that anything can happen and the conviction that nothing ever does. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Willowy young women in beehive hairdos and bright raincoats, feigning boredom and pretend-smoking Players, flirted with the coppers on horseback who kept a wary eye on us and shooed away nosy drunks. The Beatles Awaken a New Sensation 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Bob Woodward, he says, “checks his facts until they weep with boredom.” Review: Clive James, Writing Toward the Twilight 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z And what a story it is, moving from the cosy boredom of rural Australia, to exotic Egypt, to operating theatres and medical staging points, from Gallipoli to Lemnos to Rouen and Amiens. The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally – review 2012-11-09T22:50:01Z Think of jazz as the sound of thinking, as the craving for freedom – from boredom, obviousness, segregation, constraint, earthbound everydayness – rather than the over-organised nostalgic soundtrack to smoky clichés about an impression of cool. Paul Morley showing off ... Polar Bear 2010-03-26T17:08:00Z This time, the selection is “Adventures in Babysitting,” the 1987 action comedy about a night that begins with boredom but quickly spirals out of control. Spare Times for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z One of the immutable rules of pop music is that boredom spurs progress. What does it mean when the Weeknd hits a high note? 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Once when we were visiting my parents in Massachusetts, my daughters complained of boredom until they discovered an enormous spider web climbing structure on a Cambridge side street. What Makes Berlin a Playground Paradise 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z His style is eloquent, allusive and elusive, and he urges us to read Heidegger's essay on boredom which the philosopher considers "the basis of existence". Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow ? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z She wrote to her mother of her relief at no longer being “servant-shadow;” to a friend, she confessed her boredom with domesticity. In New Volume of Sylvia Plath’s Letters, a Marriage Falters and Masks Fall Away 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z I suppose the routine was originally designed to inhibit boredom, and also to earn money. \| Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z The refrain goes: “Apathy’s a tragedy and boredom is a crime/anything and everything all of the time.” Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z You experience something that the Romans documented on the walls of Pompeii: mind-numbing boredom. Is it good to be bored (or will it be the death of you)? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z But nobody expressed the state of mind known as boredom better than he did. Too Much Shakespeare? Be Not Cowed 2013-09-12T18:18:17Z But she's also been betrayed and slighted herself, all while struggling with loneliness, boredom, professional disappointment, and the challenges of being a single mom to teenage children. "Impeachment" portraying Linda Tripp by an actress in a fat suit undermines the series' strengths 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Isolating in a Himalayan hotel forced this restless traveler to rethink his ‘allergy to boredom’ Homecomings used to feel special. But that was before we spent all our time at home. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z A person’s essence — personality, intelligence, memories — can be loaded onto a metal disc called a stack and, in the event of death or boredom, inserted into a new body. Review: ‘Altered Carbon,’ Netflix’s ‘Blade Runner’ Replicant 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Kiefer addresses his interviewer’s earnest questions with references to Heidegger, the boredom of childhood, cellular memory, the theory of relativity, “The Odyssey,” Genesis, black holes and NASA’s numerical system for the stars. Following an Artist Into His Labyrinth 2011-08-05T15:37:13Z Just as it's been shown that disgust enables us to steer clear of disease-bearing environments, so does boredom guide us away from situations that might be detrimental to our mental health. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z But by the time the wormhole to Asgard was being opened, and the Avengers were rallying on Park Avenue, my boredom started the slide into despair. Avengers Spoiler Alert: All Sound and No Fury ? Or How Marvel Botched a Nuclear Apocalypse 2012-05-07T10:45:29Z It might break a few hearts and crush a few dreams along the way, but at least nobody will die of boredom. Revamp The Voice 2013-02-11T11:16:37Z American researchers just published what they’re calling “the most comprehensive empirical account of the experience of boredom” ever conducted. Bored? Now you know why 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “Everything was rising,” Charlie notes, “hopes and despair, misery, boredom and opportunity.” Review \| The robot revolution is coming: Will there be any room left for us? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z This deeply autobiographical novel recounts growing up gay in rural France, where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z There can be closet boredom, especially for celebrities who are photographed often. Pregnancy Takes a Turn on the Red Carpet 2013-05-15T22:24:07Z I like it because it shows the boredom in which he was living. Photographer Ziad Antar's best shot 2011-03-09T22:30:09Z They should also prevent you from falling into inaction and stasis, and they do, by responding to situations that are too easy with boredom. Why you can’t stop playing Flappy Bird 2014-02-14T12:50:00Z But theatergoers have, if not an awareness of these challenges, a keen sense that a degree of boredom is built into these prodigious tragedies. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Who has been such a folk hero of workaday boredom and 9 to 5 drudgery? Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z I’m pushed to these moments in people’s lives where real life does become absurd, and I think those are usually moments of grief or moments of extreme boredom or extreme anger. Elizabeth Meriwether Writes Scripts for Stage and Screen 2010-05-08T02:42:00Z A study from the University of Central Lancashire links a period of boredom with heightened creativity immediately afterwards. Is it good to be bored (or will it be the death of you)? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z “Mine is the inevitable fate of the overwhelmed fiduciary: inextinguishable boredom and fear of liability.” In Joseph O’Neill’s ‘The Dog,’ a depressed lawyer in Dubai won’t stop talking Motion points out that in another poem, "Larkin says, very interestingly, 'Life is first boredom, then fear.'" Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z Or simply disconnected and disaffected out of sheer apathy and boredom, and with millennials cast as convenient scapegoats. "Blade Runner" and the lesson Roy Batty’s Replicant rebellion has to teach us 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z With each passing page, I was more likely to groan not from pleasure but from boredom. A Lesbian Who’s Not a Lesbian Walks Into a Bar, and ... 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z “Although they had been doing those tunes for 30 years,” he writes, “the Stones didn’t make their boredom obvious; they knew how to put on a good show.” A Novelist’s Requiem for the Male Libido 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Their marriage isn’t on the brink, exactly, but one often gets the impression that a profound boredom drives their sleuthing. Film: ?Date Night? Adventure for Steve Carell and Tina Fey 2010-04-04T02:58:00Z I remember thinking: “I will never leave this couch. I am going to die of boredom here. I will be a patient forever.” Perspective \| We’re exhausted by our 4-year-old’s repetitive games. What can we do? 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Neither claims to have suffered undue trauma as a child; rather they, like many others I have spoken to across the country, talk about boredom and feeling left behind. War against harm: Ithaca's mayor is leading the charge against the heroin epidemic 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z "Was it some weird game to relieve the boredom of being omnipotent?" he asks. Judi Dench as Irish woman searching for son grips Venice 2013-08-31T16:28:01Z Traditionally boredom, as Kierkegaard noted, was an expression of nobility, and that doesn't sit well in our democratic age. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z The writers transform their boredom into mockery and judgment as they circle around a tantalizing, perhaps frustrating question. Review: In ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie, Sex Is a Knotty Business 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Its flesh may be gorgeously laced with ivory-colored fat, but when you place a piece of it in your mouth, the flavor tells the story of its Beckettian life: epic boredom. T Magazine: Fly Zone 2011-03-21T14:00:14Z The minutiae of the sport are often aligned with the general mud of “boredom” slung at baseball’s vestiges. Opening Day: Spring’s other religious holiday 2013-04-01T22:13:00Z “It’s just boredom then panic. Boredom then panic,” Molly says of life in orbit. Review: In ‘Spaceman,’ Floating in a Most Peculiar Way 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Paul Rudd takes his affable, childlike charm to the extreme with Bobby Newport, who’s led such a rich and spoiled life that he decided to run for Pawnee City Council out of boredom. These Are the 25 Best Minor Characters on 'Parks and Recreation' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Maybe it was boredom… In school, I did well in gym. “Asian men in media are so desexualized”: Rising star Jake Choi fights the Hollywood odds against Asian American actors 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z As the days of social distancing turn into weeks, people are facing stress, boredom, anger, anxiety and many more emotions. Parenting during coronavirus: What to know about play dates, online learning and more 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z As seen here Mr. Alÿs’s work whipsaws a visitor between engagement and boredom, serious consideration and dismissal. Art Review: Ephemeral Events, Annotated 2011-05-06T06:00:07Z Elisabeth is whisper thin, but something other than vanity and social mores is eating away at her — boredom, despair, a sense of purposelessness — sending uneasy ripples through her life. ‘Corsage’ Review: A Queen in Quiet Rebellion 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z These attempts are mostly fueled by boredom or a flash of homesickness I couldn't quell in whatever city I was living in. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z After “years of loneliness, depression, and boredom,” Gaspar gets an idea. Screening Room: A Short Film of Dreamy Imagery and Mysterious Language 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z I had never moved this slowly as a passenger and wondered if I would lose my mind with boredom in the next six days. From Montreal to Minnesota, by Inland Sea 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The words bore, boring, bored and boredom appear with monotonous regularity throughout the diaries. The Richard Burton Diaries edited by Chris Williams – review 2012-11-29T08:00:03Z After 40 minutes, though, she leaves, claiming tiredness and boredom. The Enlightenment Of Russell Simmons 2012-10-18T14:42:42Z And then there were layers of experience beneath the boredom. “The most ludicrous scenes of ‘Orange is the New Black’ are the most realistic”: My time in federal prison 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z And if he fell in the pool no problem because his endless talking would kill the shark from boredom like a MAD magazine strip. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z My reactions were alternatively annoyance and boredom, though there were some choice scenes. 'I Am Cait' Premiere Recap: All About Everyone Else 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z And yet her first gesture suggests not just sleepiness but also boredom. Review: ‘George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker’ at Lincoln Center 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z A road trip could be a bonding experience, or it could become a contemplation of existential boredom. Review: In ‘California,’ a Road Trip and a Detour Into Darkness 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z It isn't an actionable dislike — she isn't controlling, criminal or abusive — but I find her boring and, worse, a boredom missionary. Carolyn Hax: Brother’s girlfriend has shiny hair and a lusterless personality 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z But the boredom – forgive me – didn't really interest me that much. Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z An episode on appreciating wine asks how to engage with society without becoming conformist; one about finding a parking spot is a brief for the virtue of boredom. The Most Adventurous Comedy Right Now Is Also the Most Real 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “Sure, I’m self-sufficient, blah-blah, independent,” she rasps, affecting not boredom but a desire to be understood. New Music: New Albums by Iggy Azalea, Kelis and Glen David Andrews 2014-04-21T22:02:03Z Without the endorphin rush, you would die of boredom. My Five Desert-Island Foods: A Culinary Thought Experiment 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “There’s something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls. Coach said that once,” Addy’s disembodied voice observes at the very beginning of the pilot, setting the stage for all that happens after. In USA's clever potboiler "Dare Me," mean girls can be murder 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z But there was some relief from the commuter-suburb boredom I endured as a child, and it was hunting antiques. Treasure Hunting Along the Old Canal 2011-07-07T21:28:24Z The boredom of life in America's neglected Reagan-era inner cities led to hip-hop. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z Although Eliot's poetry is notoriously open to interpretation, one reading of that line might be an image of existential boredom, the sense that the world is random and therefore frighteningly meaningless. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Languishing in a dreary job at a London law office, 27-year-old Robert Martineau dreamed of an adventure to banish his boredom and malaise. The best travel books of 2021 — so far 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z There isn’t much flesh and blood in the movie but, for many viewers, there will be boredom. The Master: Neither a Scientology Exposé Nor a Cinema Masterpiece 2012-09-13T12:00:39Z Urban Dictionary helpfully adds “epic boredom,” which approaches the annoying heart of the thing. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z To the extent that it takes their boredom as a given, that’s a pretty loaded compliment. A Novelist’s Requiem for the Male Libido 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Regardless of the science, I am all for boredom in small doses. Is it good to be bored (or will it be the death of you)? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z And conversation carries the risk of boredom, the condition that smartphones have taught us most to fear, which is also the condition in which patience and imagination are developed. Sherry Turkle’s ‘Reclaiming Conversation’ 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z After seeing the final cut Monroe sent Warner her analysis: “American audiences are not as moved by stained-glass windows as the British are, and we threaten them with boredom.” Marilyn Monroe?s Strap Snaps Again on Film 2011-11-12T22:13:02Z In "The Invaders," this means revealing Cheryl's disconnection, her boredom, as well as Teddy's insolence and lack of ambition, which dissolves in the wake of his accident. In 'The Invaders,' an unlikely family tries to fit into the Connecticut country club life 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Which brings us to another vexed question: is there any greater virtue in being exposed to an experience and not perceiving it as boring than knowing that you are bored and complaining of the boredom? One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Grim enough to begin with, when provoked by boredom they "passed beyond mere words and began to introduce the vegetable motive". The balm of Blandings 2013-01-12T09:00:04Z Is his desire for more outdoor play the root cause of his anxiety and boredom? Perspective \| Why does our second-grader hate school? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Gosling’s ability to elicit sympathy while seeming too distracted to want it — his knack for making boredom look like passion and vice versa — makes him a perfect warm-blooded robot for our time. Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tries to Honor the Original and to Slip Free of It 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Their marriage has run aground on the rocky coastline of middle-aged suburban boredom. Fight Club sequel on way as graphic novel, Chuck Palahniuk reveals 2013-07-24T10:49:00Z In 1976, Reader’s Digest declared boredom “the disease of our time.” ArtsBeat Blog: Embattled Intellectual Historians Make a Stand 2011-11-22T13:00:04Z It was inevitable that the boredom of her life as a royal spare tire would steer her into dangerous territory. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “I am not saying that some of them don’t jump on the fashion wagon because of boredom, but there are talents, and they need to be given a chance first before they are judged.” Special Report: Fashion: By Royal Design 2010-09-29T03:15:00Z I was learning that traveling with friends may eliminate boredom on buses, but it causes a severe hit to the bar tab. Old Friends, White Water and Roasted Ants in Colombia 2010-07-28T04:28:00Z Fortunately, you don’t need yeast to bake away your boredom and create delicious breads, Rebekah Strand, Development Chef at Conagra Brands, told Fox News. Quarantine kitchen swaps: How to substitute yeast 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Angry, confused, offensive, unpredictable and bristling with an energy that can only come from teenage boredom, it was impossible to take your eyes off them. SXSW: The Strokes, the Vaccines, Odd Future and the best of the rest 2011-03-20T22:00:02Z Raven likens herself to Ishmael, the narrator of Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” who cured anxiety and boredom with jobs in wild and beautiful places. Review \| In ‘Fox & I,’ a biologist finds solace in a wild animal’s friendship 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Comedy was originally little more than a useful tool to break up the boredom of life on the road. Talk about Kevin 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z Ninety-nine percent of going to a war zone is a lot of boredom, a lot of frustration, a lot of tedium. A more honest Iraq War story looks like this: “Sometimes the Marine Corps kind of sucks” 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z I also wonder how many people actually leave marriages because of boredom. Mary Gaitskill on the Relationship Between Love and Torture 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Little happens, save occasional spasms and isolated vocal and physical suggestions of affliction that may indicate boredom or endurance. Dance Review: Rebecca Lazier’s ‘Coming Together/Attica’ Evokes 1971 Riot 2013-06-18T19:55:59Z The boredom of behavioral loops is represented all too effectively. Dance Review: Johannes Wieland?s ?new you? at Cunningham Studio - Review 2011-12-22T22:46:00Z This week, Hannah deals with the problems that many settled married couples must confront: routine, boredom and ambivalence. Girls Recap: A Girl Walks Into a Bar 2014-03-10T16:02:10Z It asks the man in the suit, commuting home, will you die of constraint, of boredom, of domestic propriety, or will you break out, will you run off? Cultural Studies: On ?Mad Men,? The Allure of Messy Lives 2010-07-30T21:05:00Z In times of boredom, I'd thumb through the way others do news headlines, scrolling until one grabbed me. Swiping right in the fertility doctor's office: On pursuing romance and single motherhood at once 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, in the deep boredom of late winter, I started keeping a Google doc called “Who Played Themselves 2016.” The Year We Played Ourselves 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z A child of our time: are there benefits to boredom? One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Long stretches of boredom, often filled by soldiers drag racing their souped-up roadsters on the base’s long straightaways, would suddenly be shattered by Cuban fighter jets flying into American airspace. A Cold War Missile Base in the Heart of the Everglades 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z There he was, complaining about his mother and boredom, reminiscing about Hollywood stories or doing his exercises. It’s a Wonderful Time to Be Leslie Jordan 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z My favorite moment was when we all, simultaneously, deleted the app that we felt compelled to incessantly tap to relieve boredom instead of simply experiencing it. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Conversations about variation in soil substitutes, light spectra and humidity are frequent and achieve Warholian feats of boredom. Should I grow my own weed at home? Here's what you need to know 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The protagonist in the second song accepts her boredom. Review \| Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z In that setting, a stage of sorts, she was a witness to people and their behavior, with gestures and emotions — boredom, joy, sadness, levity — on display. Review: A Pina Bausch Trip to Brazil Overstays Its Welcome 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z This Richard is notably effeminate and moves suddenly between sighing boredom and fits of angry petulance. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z And those performances were a little heavy on the ballads and a little low on the showmanship, with the night saved from interminable boredom by a handful of worthy showstoppers. Grammy Awards 2015 Recap 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z In that book, a white woman gives birth to twins, one white and one black, after pursuing an affair with a black man out of boredom. William Melvin Kelley, Who Explored Race in Experimental Novels, Is Dead at 79 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z As the moderators lobbed the first questions, his resting expression was one of boredom. Perspective \| For his first debate, Mike Bloomberg wore a nice suit and a look of boredom 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z But the beauty of the Oscars is that they incite boredom. Oscars 2013: cheers to playing a drinking game 2013-02-25T08:27:07Z One feature of them: acute discomfort mixed with grinding boredom. Riding Shotgun on Martha Gellhorn’s Brave and Comic Adventures 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The movie goes through the motions, tracking Emma’s growing boredom, her reckless flights of passion and her eventual undoing. Review: ‘Madame Bovary’ Features Mia Wasikowska as a Notorious Adulteress 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Ultimately boredom, whether it's inspiring, disheartening, annihilating or transcendent, just is. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z The descriptions are something more than adequate, however the complexity of them may be the cause of confusion and boredom. Crusher by Niall Leonard - review 2013-07-21T14:00:00Z A full five minutes later, boredom and restlessness began to grasp me. Read the Wicked young writers' awards 2012 winning entries 2012-12-08T08:15:12Z But months of black bread, vodka, boredom and uncertain house arrest lay ahead for the Americans. 'Target Tokyo' brings a well-known WWII story back to life 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z But, he added, “they have not been anesthetized by mediocrity into dreamless boredom.” Alain Tanner, Leading Director in Swiss New Wave, Dies at 92 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z He went on to rhapsodize that “the pliant body of Miss Astaire . . . assumes a slanting partial paralysis which slays boredom where it sits.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z So in case you were watching "24" or simply passed out in boredom, let me break down the whole excruciating three hours into its 10 liveliest nuggets. 2010-01-18T13:18:00Z Later, when the two men were both stuck at home recovering, they "helped each other get through those initial post-surgery boredom days," Perez said of the experience. Single dad receives kidney donation from total stranger who replied on social media 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Watching his new dance, “In the Dutch Mountains,” audiences would feel like they’re either “going insane” or “being killed by boredom,” she wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a major German newspaper. Choreographer Smears Dog Feces on Critic After Negative Review 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z By far the strongest writing comes when Cline limns the nearly exquisite boredom and anticipation of early adolescence. Emma Cline's 'The Girls' is a gorgeous, disqueiting spin on Manson family dynamics 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Still, such a display might’ve livened up the show, much of which suggested that after five years the band’s unflappability is beginning to harden into boredom. How Harry Styles accidentally saved a One Direction concert 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z It was composed of just two handheld shots – one before the ads and one after – and the sense of boredom and frustration inside the van was brilliantly captured. Passing of the Bill: a veteran's view 2010-03-26T23:03:00Z “Robin Hood” just strobes between boredom and absurdity so fast that it starts constantly providing both at once. “Robin Hood” review: Revisionist history has never been dumber or more boring 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z He adds that it also provides “the sovereign cure for boredom.” Review \| I love books about books. Here are seven of my current favorites. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The average Briton, according to a 2009 online survey, endures six hours of boredom a week. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z You get a similar answer from almost everyone: boredom, hopelessness and availability. Love couldn't break heroin's grip as sons became casualties of epidemic 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z In fact, learning to beat boredom is a crucial life skill. What to Do When Your Kid Gets Bored This Summer 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z In Adam Foulds’s rich and vivid novel of World War II, we see that wars are ordinary and all alike: same blood and boredom, chaos and folly, bravado and heirloom trauma. ‘In the Wolf’s Mouth,’ by Adam Foulds As a general rule for museum-going with children, I prefer to see a couple of exhibits and then get out before exhaustion and boredom set in. New York City From a Pint-Size Perspective 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z My sense of the process of the judicial system, and the experience of being incarcerated itself, is one of almost unyielding boredom. “The most ludicrous scenes of ‘Orange is the New Black’ are the most realistic”: My time in federal prison 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Mostly when I think about boredom it is out of base self-interest, as a state that I'm very keen to avoid. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z And let me be the first to thank you, too, for “boredom missionary.” Carolyn Hax: Brother’s girlfriend has shiny hair and a lusterless personality 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z To fill the uneasiness of boredom, you may find yourself eating—even if you’re not hungry. 9 Behaviors That Make You Eat More 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z It's a boredom born of a certain sort of deprivation, isn't it? Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z On the one hand, food appears to have been used as a source of comfort and a way to avoid boredom during the pandemic lockdowns. COVID-19 reshaped the way we buy, prepare and consume food 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The team endures extreme boredom and extreme stress, which is what life on a space station for six months would be like. Could you stay sane on Mars? Real-life mission simulator put six people to the test in "Red Heaven" 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z So I suspect that Pop Scene was also born of summer holiday boredom. Reviewing the charts in 1981 – on stolen chip paper 2012-11-13T17:14:30Z Now, months later and with no sign of the virus’ end in sight, it seems we’ve reached the taking-to-strangers online stage of boredom and isolation. Oh, So We’re Doing Random Video Chat Again? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Out of curiosity or maybe boredom, I’d looked him up on a recent trip I made to attend a wedding. Driving the Stake Through Emotional Vampires 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z But realistically speaking, it was probably her boredom with Reformation Drama that led to the exclamation more than any spine-tingling performance on my part. Hair metal forever! 2012-07-22T01:00:00Z Experimentation not only combats boredom but also allows short-term goals to grow into long-term behavior. How to turn a fitness goal into a lifetime of good health (fluctuating weight included) 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The Washington Post, meanwhile, fretted that boredom might be fueling interest in the occult. ArtsBeat Blog: Embattled Intellectual Historians Make a Stand 2011-11-22T13:00:04Z You have now started to read an essay about boredom, in open defiance of the pathetic fallacy, not to mention Jesus' famous comeback to Satan: "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z And as boredom becomes scarce, it becomes valuable — just like it was more than 200 years ago. Review \| Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z All the scenes were fantastic and I don't recall a moment of boredom. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare - review 2013-05-06T14:00:00Z Being on the battlefield together — the endless hours of boredom, the moments of terror, the act of protecting one another — was enough to make them feel like brothers. Ruben Gallego made mental health part of his campaign. Specifically, his own. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Both are set in decaying manufacturing towns — places where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom. ‘The End of Eddy’ Captures a Savage Childhood and a Global Movement 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z “The Hills,” from 2015’s “Beauty Behind the Madness,” is a discordant anthem for self-destructive boredom, emotional unavailability and exasperation with celebrity. The Weeknd’s decade of dystopia 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Expressive and unable to hide undignified emotions like boredom or curiosity, Diana was an artist of human moments. How Princess Diana Created a New Era of Celebrity 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Teenage boredom subsided in a flash; scuba diving proved an almost ideal mix of exercise, adventure and variety. Journeys : A Monsoon, Then Underwater Magic in Malaysia 2013-01-25T17:46:35Z Alleviating the deadly boredom … Our Boys by Jonathan Lewis. Our Boys – review 2012-10-04T16:59:49Z Death sits quietly as her roommate, as she stews hour after hour, month by month, in that maddening concoction of terror and boredom. When Silver Linings Don’t Cut It, Honesty Helps 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Though its location is never identified, Gideon’s Point winds up in the state of boredom. Theater Review: ?In Masks Outrageous and Austere? at the Culture Project 2012-04-17T02:00:12Z Pauline grudgingly accepts, bringing a kitten and kaleidoscope to break up the boredom. In These Elegant Comics, Love and Darkness Collide 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He frequently laments the deep boredom of prison life. The Screwball Poetry of Lil Wayne’s Prison Diary 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Despite being a condiment that engages all parts of the human palate, ubiquity can breed boredom. How ketchup, an invention of imperial China, eventually became a polarizing American staple 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z You fancy this book will amuse you, thrill you, rescue you from the horror of boredom, and that having consumed it, you will be left at liberty to resume your life as before. Television Review: ‘The Crimson Petal and the White,’ Encore Mini-Series 2012-09-10T02:29:04Z The sterile atmosphere – hardly helped by a lack of audience interaction – threatens detachment and boredom. The Magnetic Fields \| Pop review 2010-03-21T21:45:00Z At most restaurants, you are served what you ask for so routinely that your eyes glaze over with boredom. Restaurant Review: Javelina in Gramercy Park 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z As a consequence, I approach the threat of boredom much like a claustrophobe greets a cramped lift. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z I was eight and restless with boredom, so I was taken to the top of the Empire State Building. Glyndebourne and Figaro: a perfect match 2012-06-22T21:55:15Z Would the masses utilize their freedom from labor in productive ways, such as civic participation and the arts, or would they die of boredom in their ranch houses? ‘Rise of the Robots’ and ‘Shadow Work’ 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The summers were sweltering hot and spent outside, in backyards, dodging wasps and playing beneath the rain of sprinklers, or inside, drying off in refrigerated air, complaining of boredom. My secret hair pulling 2012-09-09T00:00:00Z David set out to write a novel about some of the hardest subjects in the world – sadness and boredom – and to make that exploration dramatic, funny and deeply moving. In search of David Foster Wallace's Pale King 2011-04-08T09:17:13Z Shocks, absurd twists and viewer boredom swiftly ensue. Films out this week 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z In the end, the effect is more one of boredom than terror. Review: The Conjuring 2 Stirs Up Some Chills, Just Not Where You'd Expect 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The days are 23 hours of stultifying boredom — all so you can have one hour onstage, one hour of visceral release that makes it worthwhile. The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero 2013-07-02T09:01:01Z “You think each time that you’ve reached the end. But it’s not true. At the very end of boredom, there is always a new source of boredom. You can live off boredom.” From Marguerite Duras, an Uncovered Tale of Young Womanhood 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Most of the non‑chronological chapters have to do with daily life at the examination centre, with IRS practice and lore, and with ideas about boredom, repetition and familiarity. In search of David Foster Wallace's Pale King 2011-04-08T09:17:13Z If I look at my notes from the show, they indicate long stretches of boredom. The Grammy's: Four Ways To Improve Music's Greatest Night 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The fourth season of Orange is the New Black makes form match function: It allows emptiness and boredom, the sort the prisoners themselves are experiencing, to give rise to provocation. Review: 'Orange is the New Black' Rebounds With a Majestic Fourth Season 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z David Foster Wallace," suspects of being the reason people fear boredom, and drives themselves to distraction, seeking "enough stimulation to distract people from some other, deeper type of pain that is always there ... 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z “Like a Rolling Stone” is also no doubt the most famous song ever written out of sheer boredom. The sadism, compassion and sheer liberated joy of “Like a Rolling Stone” 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Yes, maybe it all comes out of boredom,” Mr. Weiss once deadpanned to an interviewer. Fischli and Weiss: Anarchy at the Guggenheim 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The danger to him, though, is media boredom. Can 'Bonking Boris' have his cake and eat it? 2010-07-20T10:30:00Z Accept the limitations and boredom of your life as the challenge of writing. Salon’s guide to writing a memoir 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z Dull and sometimes confusing — why are those British soldiers loyal to the Red Coats not wearing red? — the 90-minute premiere too often encourages viewers to turn away in boredom or frustration. New on TV Sunday: ‘Turn’ bores, ‘Silicon Valley’ scores 2014-04-04T18:01:52Z Stable: I think your courage died of boredom. Perspective \| Carolyn Hax: Is it a problem that we never have anything to say to each other? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Enjoy it together, but be prepared for the activities to not solve your daughter’s boredom or sadness. She loves spending time at Dad’s, and Mom’s feeling insecure 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z She said she might have become a cleaner if she had not got her big break in acting - and revealed how she even occasionally cleaned the Granada toilets to relieve the boredom between scenes. Anne Kirkbride: A life of drama 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Is it stating the obvious to observe that most modern cities were formed by people fleeing rural poverty or boredom to seek a better life? Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape by Jay Griffiths – review 2013-04-28T08:00:18Z I became a writer in part because I was left alone, in part because of that boredom. The lure of “Stranger Things”? It’s not the '80s – it’s forgotten childhood freedom 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z What makes her all the scarier is her refusal to acknowledge her complicity, even to herself, in treacherous sexual power games she initiates mostly out of boredom. Movie Review: ‘Nobody Walks,’ Directed by Ry Russo-Young 2012-10-19T00:02:53Z The Bing is boredom, loneliness and what authorities refer to as "punitive segregation". Lil Wayne in solitary confinement 2010-10-06T09:04:00Z We learned how to negotiate street signs, people, boredom. Managing our free-ranging fears 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z But she always spoke of her own childhood as a time of complete boredom, a misery she could not wait to be over. T Magazine: Suddenly Susan 2011-02-25T17:39:23Z But because you're a little tiny cat, you won't get in trouble for taking out some of your frustration or your boredom. The video game "Stray" taps into why we fancy being a cat 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z As a cultural value, boredom means big trouble, idle hands being the devil’s playthings, and all that. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z For some viewers, quietude may yield to boredom. ‘In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis’ Review: Serene Demeanor, Bracing Message 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z I'm thinking here of a particular dinner party– the crucible of boredom as Heideggeracknowledged – where the first hour was spent discussing the various road routes the guests had taken to get there. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Privilege, boredom and murder set against the southern gothic backdrop of rural Alabama are the elements of the latest and hotly anticipated podcast series, S-Town. Alabama murder mystery could be the new Serial 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z She changed her look for the same reasons many women did: sometimes out of boredom, sometimes because her current style just wasn’t quite right. Clinton fashion: The styles, they were a-changin’ 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z It takes some time to get oriented, and the book does bog down for a while, but in a 766-page novel there's room for a little boredom. 'The Passage:' Post-apocalyptic vampire thriller imagines a frighteningly believable future 2010-06-24T19:28:00Z A powerful statement of boredom with the status quo and how female potential is played down, it was met with derision and claims that the song was "a joke". Riot grrrl: searching for music's young female revolutionaries 2013-03-18T16:33:46Z When history ends, we face nothing less than “centuries of boredom.” We had to get beyond irony: How David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers and a new generation of believers changed fiction 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z This idyllic vision is threatened when Zachariah expresses boredom and a longing for the company of a woman. Theater Review: ?Blood Knot,? by Athol Fugard, at Signature Theater 2012-02-17T03:00:00Z My teen years felt like a pinball machine where the ball careered constantly between terror and longing, boredom and obsession, freedom and restraint. Witch ways: knowing your heart’s desire is modern witchcraft 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Partly to combat boredom and partly to salve his wounds, O'Brien mounted the "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television" tour and took it across the United States. 'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' captures a host of jokes, revelations during tour 2011-06-23T20:41:09Z At times, Fleming sounds driven to fussiness out of boredom or maybe even facileness, and minor Bellini and Rossini dramas wasted opportunities to mount company premieres suited to her talents. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z My overworked adrenal glands pushed me through sleepless nights and the boredom of those early days. Is Fear the Last Taboo of American Motherhood? 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In other videos, like “Motorola,” Yung Lean’s cherubic face conveys blankness, boredom, and the frigidity of his hometown—his nose is bright red in the Stockholm air. Yung Lean, King of the Sad Boys 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z He experiences no emotional responses other than curiosity, boredom and disgust. ‘Spark,’ the Latest Dystopian Novel From John Twelve Hawks 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z The first ever winner of the prize, established in 1978 as a way of combating boredom at the Frankfurt book fair, was Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice. Genghis Khan workplace manual dominates oddest book title shortlist 2011-02-21T16:16:54Z An ambitious painter, Francescho was hired, centuries ago, to decorate a palace designed, like Kublai Khan’s pleasure dome, to banish boredom. ‘How to Be Both,’ by Ali Smith 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Toohey goes on to argue that boredom is not merely a negative function. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Nonetheless, she affects a certain boredom with the whole acting enterprise, deriving more pleasure and passion from her politics, which she has been committed to since going on an anti-Vietnam demo in the early 1970s. Susan Sarandon: ‘The good news and bad news about Hollywood is that they’re not political’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z In Polish film it is as follows: boredom … nothing happens … very poor dialogue … in general, there is no action. Janusz Kondratiuk: Poland's answer to Woody Allen 2011-03-24T16:39:35Z The same is sometimes also said of boredom. In the Penal Colony 2010-09-19T21:15:00Z The last red flag that popped up for me was his boredom. Perspective \| Why does our second-grader hate school? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z And those who are particularly susceptible to boredom have been shown to use opiates more often. Drug cocktails can kill 2012-06-12T16:00:00Z The society he is about to depart from, represented by his father and Master Boyle, and led by Senator Doogan and the Canon, is a place of stultifying boredom and deep monotony. Brian Friel: trapped in silence 2012-08-10T21:55:09Z Irritating your partner keeps the boredom at bay, gives you something to do, and reassures you by keeping the dynamics between you comfortably predictable. 15 ways to really annoy your partner 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Writing, begun in boredom, was useful for supplementing her dress allowance. Review \| Molly Keane worried her daughter wasn’t ‘nasty enough’ to write about her 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z He muses on a Heidegger essay on boredom: "It is only when one is bored, that one's consciousness settles, reluctantly or even fearfully, on oneself and the nature of one's own existence." Cannes film festival review ? Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow 2010-05-16T17:14:00Z It features poems on injustice, harassment and hunger, but also rapturous odes to music and food, beauty and boredom, and many other subjects. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z It is the flying leap from boredom, irritation and suffocation into morbid fantasies of murder that is not credibly evoked in any of the three marriages in this volume. Books of The Times: Marital Death Wish: ?Mr. Peanut? by Adam Ross 2010-06-21T21:46:00Z But then reality hits, in the shape of boredom or, if children are involved, something a little more gruesome. The best audiobooks for your summer drive, sorted by length — and who’s in the car 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The children, played by David Henrie and Lyndsy Fonseca, were depicted in the series' early days sitting on a couch, shifting uncomfortably in boredom as their dad narrated the long-winded story. Climax to CBS series filmed 8 years ago 2014-01-16T21:05:20Z To deliberately draw oneself into boredom seems counterproductive, almost perverse. Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z With honesty, precision and humour, she conveys all the boredom and exhilaration of weight loss, along with its tendency to threaten the people around you. Big Brother by Lionel Shriver – review 2013-05-11T07:00:24Z I would argue that, in keeping with the band's final album, The Visitors, the track's power lies in its layering of boredom and grandeur, transience and doom. Could an Abba reunion ever top The Day Before You Came? 2010-09-30T12:42:00Z Also, in both cases, boredom, and the way it can free the mind. A Fashion Show Epilogue. Or Was It an Elegy? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The possibility of spontaneous revelation is certainly a potential outcome at “Interviewing the Audience,” but there is also such a thing as collective boredom. \| 'Interviewing the Audience': If You Go to the Show, You May Just Land a Role 2011-02-11T03:30:22Z A successful horror movie will spawn its own miniature branching cinematic empire that drags on for a decade until everyone dies of boredom, given half a chance. Happily never after: why we don't need romantic comedy sequels 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z His critics said that what he proposed was “a bit humiliating,” akin to “regurgitating,” likely to foster “boredom” and to make kids “resentful.” Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z Lizzie was very much your average teenager, and perfectly embodied how easy it is to get pulled to the 'dark side' by boredom or a need for excitement. The Seeing by Diana Hendry - review 2012-10-07T08:00:00Z Yet the rich instrumental variety and supreme artistry of the performances precluded any danger of boredom for the packed and highly responsive Town Hall audience. Brilliance from Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI 2014-03-01T18:10:04Z “For four hours,” he wrote, “I feel no boredom, I forget every worry, I don’t dread poverty, nor has death any terrors for me.” In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The results, for the most part, were disappointing: boredom, serial isolation as people watched TV or stared at computer screens. How Google Street View is inspiring new photography 2012-07-14T18:36:10Z This was a group that understood the inherent absurdity of rock-and-roll yet still took its tacit mission to purge the dread, boredom and sexual frustration of an entire generation with heroic seriousness. Perspective \| Can Iggy Pop hear the future? 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Mole is the peaceable home-lover whose boredom with his spring cleaning triggers an adventure with Badger, Ratty and Toad. Ricky Gervais to voice Mole in The Wind in the Willows adaptation 2011-01-07T12:56:48Z The fear-tinged boredom, alternating with bouts of fighting, goes on day after day, for months. The Documentaries That Help Explain Bowe Bergdahl 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Here's another exorcism of Del Rey's patented languid ennui, heroically burdened by the boredom that apparently is the consequence of unconditional love and monstrous wealth. This week's new tracks 2012-07-06T23:05:23Z The creative process requires a period of boredom, of being stuck. Graham Linehan: Twitter has made me 2012-05-27T18:00:01Z And the job, they said, is like no other — a life both exhilarating and grueling, with crowds screaming for encores and then, hours later, boredom and isolation as the bus rolls to the next town. Concerts Are on Hold. Workers Behind the Stars Are Hurting. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z I can vividly remember the exquisite boredom of being young in the 1970s, punctuated occasionally by Rolling Stones records, reruns of "Star Trek" and desultory games of pinball. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z She agreed that the best bits of Adrian's diary were those that any television adaptation would omit: the inconsequential episodes or records of boredom. Book club, week three: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13? 2011-01-01T00:05:27Z Nargis, the older daughter, revels next to the foaming sea in Turkey; later, a year into their journey, she bursts into tears from sheer boredom. Midnight Traveler: a powerful refugee documentary filmed on a phone 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The kids may have cellphones, but they go to battle daily with humidity, mosquitoes and boredom in a place that has just one restaurant. Erin Entrada Kelly on the Stranger Within 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z All kinds of things have conspired to keep Leguizamo from attaining real fame - bad roles, bad timing, depression, poor advice, boredom, love. John Leguizamo has fun focusing on his career 2011-03-23T02:27:14Z Not mournful, just entirely flat sighs, borne of mild boredom – Post Office queue sighs, if you will. This week's new singles 2011-08-19T23:08:37Z Needless to say, that's not quite how Svendsen or the great German philosopher put it, but Heidegger did believe that what he termed "profound boredom" was a radical means of accessing the essence of being. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Even when nothing earth-shattering is happening on a given day, he continues, people follow a compulsive pattern of media consumption, triggered by any hint of boredom. The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Like many Marines, he experienced more boredom, hardship and uncertainty than battle. Claiming the Title of United States Marine 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The boredom mentioned in the title is not only weariness, but a yearning to be distracted from the pain of life. This Movie Star’s Only Hope Is Help From Her Personal Assistant 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “Signs of Life,” a song about “cool kids” trying to beat boredom, assembles an elegant rock-disco groove, but Mr. Butler’s vocal is an attempt at rapping that’s as stiff as its apparent template, Blondie’s “Rapture.” On Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now,’ Pop Can Reach Deep 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Csikszentmihalyi speaks about the need to transcend both boredom and anxiety; the former by finding new challenges in our chosen pursuit, and the latter by improving our skills. It’s great to be ‘in the zone’ — while working, exercising and creating art. Here’s how to get there. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z But I think the constant light, fear of beatings and boredom sent some men insane. Experience: I spent 40 days in an Iraqi prison 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The washed-out New York video scenes evoke 1970s movies, when, as it happens, the pace of films was much slower, which fits with Mr. Collins’s attempt to underline the boredom of the job. \| 'Newyorkland': ?Newyorkland? at Coil Festival Shows Police Work - Review 2012-01-17T22:42:59Z Death is an outlier; Louis’s principal antagonist at this point is boredom. Lord of the Ringworld: In Praise of Larry Niven 2012-06-13T13:25:03Z If Sheridan's film is meant to convey the long stretches of boredom before brief moments of excitement, it succeeds. "Those Who Wish Me Dead" wastes Angelina Jolie's action chops in a film that's more smoke than fire 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Rushing from here to there serves as a way to relieve boredom. Here's How You Can Stop Being Late All the Time 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Even as I oscillated between delight and trepidation, fascination and boredom, I didn’t want to leave. ‘Ann Liv Young in Jail’ for Crimes Against Performance 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z For me," he explains, "the act of boredom, by its very nature, is doing something ... Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z He said he developed the concept “out of boredom.” TikToker Lands the Role of a Lifetime: Playing Dead on TV 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “Even if it’s rage you’re feeling, it’s more interesting than boredom, because you can use rage,” Pattinson told me recently in a West Hollywood hotel, where “The Lighthouse” had just screened for awards voters. What Can Robert Pattinson Do to Keep You Guessing? 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Sure, he's disappointed that he didn't get to manage England, though he is not that sorry to have escaped a lot of the boredom that comes with the job. The real Harry Redknapp 2013-04-30T14:49:41Z In such situations, what the sleep-challenged need is not sheer boredom, a state slipped passively into, but the scantest grasp of mild amusement, from something that is distracting without being stimulating. The Podcast That Tells Ingeniously Boring Bedtime Stories to Help You Fall Asleep 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z For Toohey, boredom is an adaptive characteristic in the Darwinian sense. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z Somehow, my wife has settled in here, even though I was afraid she’d go crazy with boredom because she’s taking a vacation from school and work for the first time in twenty years. An Exchange Between Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z “Everything that comes to us: dreariness, excitement, boredom, pain, they all add to the richness” of our lives, Philip says late in the play. Review: Falling Hard for a Master Manipulator in ‘Of Human Bondage’ 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z If “Once in the West” has a near-masterpiece it is “The Preacher Addresses the Seminarians,” a longish poem about skepticism and intellection and boredom and things beyond our understanding that lets fly these lines: Edward Hirsch’s ‘Gabriel’ and Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z From Borrowed Time's zippy lament on boredom and inspiration to Stoned and Starving's improbably poetic lunch hunt, it's an ultra-catchy, sharp-witted marvel throughout. Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold – review 2013-01-10T21:14:01Z He was open and unapologetic about his many procedures, undertaken, he said, mostly out of boredom. Pete Burns, Frontman for the Band Dead or Alive, Dies at 57 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z When I was temping, the boredom of that set itself up nicely as an opposition to what I really wanted, which was to find an agent and get published. London Book Fair pins high hopes on debut novelists 2013-04-19T09:36:18Z Boredom then panic, boredom then panic, is not the kindest way to describe the feelings that Leegrid Stevens’s play, directed by Jacob Titus for Loading Dock Theater, evokes. Review: In ‘Spaceman,’ Floating in a Most Peculiar Way 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z This more evolved understanding is unlikely to curb my own fear of boredom but it may help stiffen my resolve when it arrives. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z But fear and boredom and uncertainty and the incredible extremes of heat and cold in Spain would also have been very hard to bear. Teen book club: interviews Lydia Syson! 2012-12-21T08:00:00Z Their motives, while not fully articulated — there is never a lot of talking in a Kelly Reichardt movie — seem to be a mixture of despair, muddled idealism and boredom. ‘Night Moves’ Tracks Three Eco-Terrorists in Oregon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z They talk of the boredom of living in the council high-rise blocks, of living at home with parents, of dole queues, of the mind-destroying jobs offered to unemployed school-leavers. Punk spoke up for angry kids. Why won't today's bands follow suit 2011-08-14T21:05:00Z For months the two men had lived with the troops, sharing the same food, the same stifling quarters, and the same long stretches of boredom punctuated by moments of adrenaline-fueled terror. Sebastian Junger reflects on friendship, war and peace 2011-06-09T22:27:00Z “If boredom is, as Heidegger argued, the awareness of time passing,” he writes, “then surgery felt like the opposite.” ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The satirist Kurt Tucholsky noted that the fade to dark after a silent-movie happy ending is necessary to spare viewers the spectacle of a marriage filled with “boredom and burnt milk.” An Operatic Rarity Picks Up Where Mozart and Rossini Left Off 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Ruby’s domestic boredom seems more ordinary, but she proves to be as full of secrets and cons in her own low-key way. ‘Run’ Review: A Rail Romance Turns Train Wreck 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z School, communication, a babysitter while you work or catch your breath, boredom prevention, a way to see friends and family, and games are only some of the reasons that children are on screens. Perspective \| The pandemic led many families to ease screen-time limits. How do we dial back? 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Where is our own boredom and dissatisfaction leading? Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z As for dragging his recovery out to boredom just to get another shot of TM's face ...barf. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z She began singing with church and radio choirs but dropped out of school at 13 — partly out of boredom, she said in her 1986 autobiography — and took on odd jobs. Maureen Forrester, Canadian Contralto, Dies at 79 2010-06-18T03:55:00Z Rentier economies provide mostly tiny and young populations with undemanding government jobs that are a recipe for boredom, while expats from the Indian subcontinent and the Philippines do the hard graft. After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies by Christopher M Davidson 2012-12-28T22:55:04Z This minimal world is a stage for him, and he struts about on it like a scaly provincial trouper, acting out dramatic scenarios and scenes from Shakespeare to dispel the boredom of benign captivity. \| 'Rango': There?s a New Sheriff in Town, and He?s a Rootin?-Tootin? Reptile 2011-03-03T23:01:04Z But Binoche, looking handsome and almost fragile in a tailored black pantsuit, gives off no hint of bogus pretension or of the diffident, superior boredom that emanates from other French movie stars. Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z There is a difference between the desert nomad or economic migrant who wander to survive and the dandified poet in search of diversion, between necessity and choice, and between escaping hunger and escaping boredom. The inescapable power of architecture 2012-08-11T23:05:42Z “And don’t be shy about engaging the gallery assistants; often their seeming aloofness is just a mask for boredom, and they are happy to answer questions.” How to Make the Most of the Frieze Week Art Fairs 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z He was right, of course: unhappiness, loss, disappointment, boredom and fear of death are the bread and butter of his verse. Books of The Times: Philip Larkin?s Complete Poems, Edited by Archie Burnett 2012-04-09T21:28:30Z What he calls “post-human” buildings — whose boredom he finds “hypnotic” and “banality breathtaking” — represent, he says, a “new sublime.” Why Rem Koolhaas Brought a Tractor to the Guggenheim 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z In recent seasons, Ms. Karan has gotten a little carried away with the drapery and the swoony glamour, maybe out of sheer boredom. \| Fashion Review: Spring?s Colorful Runways - Review - NY Fashion Week 2011-09-13T22:30:37Z The boredom and exasperation is palpable, until the patient breaks the bad news: “I’m, well . . . happy.” How to Break Up with Your Therapist 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The hours of Hilton boredom brought on epic jags of cable flipping. One Tree Hill and me: the true cost of renting your home to a hit TV show 2012-07-27T22:00:46Z Toohey's book contains a number of illustrations of artworks in which characters appear in various displays of boredom – yawning, stretching, and so on. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z To better endure periods of boredom and discomfort, we need to regularly reward our accomplishments. 4 Ways to Use Goals and Rewards to Beat Procrastination 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z TV cameos by political figures, perhaps because they’re so heavily brokered to ensure that the politician won’t be embarrassed, end up risking nothing but the audience’s boredom. Review: Hillary Clinton's 'Broad City' Appearance Was a Win 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “What is it about these places you find so interesting?” he sighed, his hands limp with boredom, loosely cradling a well-used Nintendo Switch. A Road Trip to the Fiberglass Frontier of Northern Wisconsin 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Early in the book, Wiseman briefly lists the physical and mental stresses that typically arrive during a survival situation, which include “fear and anxiety,” “thirst, hunger and fatigue,” “sleep deprivation” and “boredom.” Book Review: ‘SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition,’ by John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Out of boredom, he picks up a copy of Fitzgerald's novel and starts to read it in a low-key monotone. Gatz – review 2012-06-14T06:00:06Z For me, yes — I’m bored with it, and then I’m bored with, and troubled by, my boredom. Dance Review: Nora Chipaumire’s Dance ‘Miriam’ at BAM 2012-09-13T22:34:38Z So in many ways, the sun-streaked conflict and misty boredom of “Siesta Key” is preordained, and also comforting. Review: ‘Siesta Key’ Returns to Reality Television’s Awkward Youth 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z It is suspense, something like boredom; nothing happens for long periods and then everything happens at once in indescribable confusion. Why We Travel 2011-04-01T19:10:47Z In the middle ground lay boredom — and the reflex, born of so much streamed television, to watch only until another show or a snack beckoned. Review: In ‘Textplay,’ Stoppard and Beckett Get Snarky, FWIW 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Some makeup professionals suggest that the new wave of contouring came about because of boredom with the highly filtered, altered look we’ve become accustomed to on social media. Contouring Is Back. It’s Not What You Remember. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z There is no boredom ever, time becomes your slave, or the slave of your agenda. Book Talk: Booker nominee Thayil offers bleak Bombay portrait 2012-10-11T09:01:42Z Acuity alternates with blankness, anxiety with boredom, silence with chatter. Art Review: Rineke Dijkstra Videos at Marian Goodman Gallery 2010-08-12T21:53:00Z But it’s also the place where many readers have put the book down, whether out of boredom or sheer horror. ‘2666,’ a Most Difficult Novel, Takes the Stage 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Pop open the virtual escape hatch and flee the boredom of months at home. The Weekly Wonder: 5 ways for kids to escape boredom, from forts to fondues 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The fresh air, friendships, play, hard work, some boredom and relaxation were a balm to her stressed nervous system. Perspective \| How do I reinstate screen limits for my teen? 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z That’s fine, since it probably made you pass out from boredom, but the fact remains that one of the last faces you see in this first episode is Kris Jenner. Rob & Chyna: the saddest show on TV 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z If there is a lesson imparted by boredom studies, it is that there are hundreds of kinds of boredom. Books and the ‘Boredom Boom’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z It’s as if we’re trying to outpace our boredom, or our fear. Going outside is our only escape. But now that’s scary, too. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z And on, testing us with boredom as time warps and those futures seem far off. Avignon festival week two roundup: Seagull dead in the water, but Ibsen comes alive 2012-07-25T15:29:08Z Avoid boredom by changing moves periodically, Inglut said, but realize that building strength takes time. Forget the Jane Fonda tape. Technology is changing home workouts for the better. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z There’s a pill for that feeling, a new wonder drug that will banish all thoughts of discontent, boredom and anomie that might assail you during the long trek from 9 to 5. Theater Review: Marin Hinkle in ?Rx,? by Kate Fodor, at 59E59 Theaters 2012-02-08T03:00:00Z But just as often, the well-intentioned group chat goes off the rails, becoming a chaotic source of hurt feelings, annoyance, boredom, information overload and misplaced alarm. Our group texts are blowing up during the pandemic. And we’re taking the drama personally. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z His models, in defiance of traditional posing, lolled and slouched, their faces slack with boredom or fatigue. Philip Pearlstein, Whose Realist Nudes Revived Portraiture, Dies at 98 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z I wanted it to pull us out of this comfort—or almost boredom—with a bureaucrat and be constantly showing the effects and all the different sides of what’s going on. Adam McKay on the Veracity of “Vice” 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Hardy, who describes himself as a regular runner, saw an opportunity for treadmill users who struggle with boredom and motivation to enhance their running experience. New running apps blur the line between virtual reality and real life 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z We see their eyes widen in disbelief — or glaze over in boredom, or drift toward whatever screen is claiming their attention at the moment. Riff: On (Digital) Photography: Sontag, 34 Years Later 2011-05-08T05:30:17Z I love its "choose your own adventure" and "without boredom" approach, because it encourages big batch cooking followed by clever riffs throughout the week. Free your barley from soup and risotto it instead 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Turning to social media or aimless Web surfing to fill the long stretches of emptiness, of boredom. Gather around, screwed millennials: You must see this 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The Oscars' black hole of boredom Oscar has fallen, and he can't get up. The Oscars' black hole of boredom 2011-02-28T16:01:00Z But Mr O’Gorman is a pleasant and good-humoured guide, and his candid, self-effacing style helps mitigate any boredom. Did I lock the back door? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Or die of boredom and actually become a ghost? Why ‘ghosting’ haunts modern relationships 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z “Curiosity” and “boredom” tied for first, with nothing else coming close. Why You Can’t Stop Looking at Other People’s Screens 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The critic Clive James once complained that Woodward “checks his facts until they weep with boredom.” In ‘Fear,’ Bob Woodward Pulls Back the Curtain on President Trump’s ‘Crazytown’ 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Etcheverry, who lives 40 miles away in Rupert, takes them copies of People En Español magazine to combat the boredom. Cultured Traveler: Herding Sheep in Basque Country (Idaho) 2012-08-24T19:19:51Z Text messages came at odd times, requests for money came with long stories attached to them, and she complained of boredom and perceived slights from others in rehab. My heroin addict friend: 'When Shelly starts using again, I will be there for her' 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z “He used to quote from Valéry and say, ‘I’m conveying the related sensation without the boredom of its conveyance,’ which is a very modern notion of bypassing narrative,” she added. Francis Bacon Read Just as He Painted: Deep, Dark and Bleak 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Think of jazz as the sound of thinking, as the craving for freedom – from boredom, obviousness, segregation, constraint, everydayness – rather than the over-organised nostalgic soundtrack to smoky clichés about an impression of cool. Polar Bear and Brad Mehldau: it's not just jazz, it's the sound of freedom 2010-03-28T01:16:00Z She frequently cuts to spectators, returning to them again and again to show that our faces—with their twitches of longing, agony, and even boredom—can dance as much as our limbs. Dancing with Claire Denis 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Leaving aside these classifications for a moment, it's reasonable to say that boredom is no simple issue. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z These are questions that have concerned philosophers and thinkers dating back to the Enlightenment, not least because boredom occupies territory that overlaps with capital letter concepts like Being and Time. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z The protagonist in the first song confronts her boredom. Review \| Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z It’s easy for a habit to become an addiction at this time of anxiety and boredom – ask anyone hoarding jars of sourdough starter, or “social smokers”, how they’re doing right now. Our homes have become our whole world – and now I'm obsessed with changing mine 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Rather, these represented windows into another world, a world with similar logic and mapping to our own world, a similar sense of predictability and even boredom. Framing the view: six artists reveal how they choose landscapes 2013-02-02T09:01:01Z Katrina Crawford, the Queen, behaved with an unvarying royal sang-froid: a threat to her baby daughter’s life and being awakened from a century’s sleep elicited from her the same superior boredom. Contrasting Gelsey Kirkland’s Troupe and Ballet Academy East 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z I think it’s the most daring donnée a novel has ever taken on, which is to make a novel that’s exciting about boredom. Piecing Together a Posthumous Novel From David Foster Wallace 2011-04-08T18:51:59Z "I'd have been interested to hear what he might have done with the idea of boredom in marriage, though," she says, with a smile. Karen Green on life after suicide 2011-04-09T23:04:02Z But they could expand on what Kubrick only hinted at in his epic: the extreme boredom of long-term space travel. Dark Star: No 19 2010-10-21T10:36:00Z Social media provides ample proof that people will alter their lives in pursuit of quantified approval, entirely out of their own volition, and for utterly banal reasons—mostly boredom and narcissism. The Eerie, Mundane Thrill of Being Watched on the Internet 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Maybe the parent is experiencing depression, anxiety or boredom, but the child doesn’t think the parent wants to be there. Perspective \| A nanny is the go-to for the kids. How can these parents reconnect? 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z You might find embracing boredom jumpstarts your creativity too or, at the very least, relieves you from feeling any guilt about spending an afternoon on the couch doing nothing. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z There often doesn't seem to be real allegiance to the written word in many cases because of the economic considerations of the corporations behind these productions, the boredom of these filmmakers, or both. ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Well, that's a good segue into one thing you write about, which is boredom. 2010-02-17T15:05:00Z Today, boredom and downtime are synonymous with, “I’m a bad parent and not doing enough to get my kid ahead.” We're Endangering our Kids' Imaginations 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z It wasn’t for the free food or out of boredom, but because we never knew on which nights Mr. Pacino would turn up. Charlie Cox on the First Time He Owned a Leather Jacket 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Garofalo’s stand-up always made apathy and boredom look cool, glamorous and, most important, sensible. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “We chose books that explored boredom, anger, anxiety — really big things that were probably coming up for a lot of little ones.” This Labor Day, These Workers Are Trying to Stay Afloat 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z And boredom gave rise to its own kind of magic, magic we had to make ourselves. The lure of “Stranger Things”? It’s not the '80s – it’s forgotten childhood freedom 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z There she and her roommate, Ally, attempt to cope with the exquisitely curated boredom. Review \| In Emma Cline’s story collection, ‘Daddy,’ flawed men reap what they sow 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z As a result, we’re less able to contend with the momentary boredom that can open the door to a deeper interest. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z But that perfect patina is stripped away almost immediately in a setup evocative of Rick Moody’s “The Ice Storm,” ultimately showcasing the horrors that wealth and boredom and sadness can produce. Three Canadian Novels Test the Bonds — and Boundaries — of Family 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Mostly, Billie Jean is winning while Bobby is keeping boredom at bay. Review: Advantage, Bobby, but Game, Set, Match, Billie Jean 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Two-thirds of men and a quarter of women chose to electrocute themselves at least once, just to alleviate the boredom. ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The veteran Ms. Graham plays the Grand Duchess to the hilt as a cougar, in the director Lee Blakeley’s conception, a woman who is willing to go to war simply to relieve her boredom. Critic’s Notebook: Nature’s Power Meets Star Power in Santa Fe 2013-08-07T20:33:01Z Here are several newly available products that move, expand and even change skins to bring convenience and relieve the boredom of our concentrated, homebound lives. 8 Items for Your Home That Do More Than One Thing 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Ask the finalists of this year’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, and you get different answers — among them boredom, curiosity, frustration. Listen to Five of the World’s Newest, Wildest Instruments 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z A lot of people would die of boredom without it.” What Price Generosity? 2013-06-21T22:36:02Z Midway through the first act of this drama about clashes of faith and family, set in 12th-century Jerusalem, I found myself listing toward boredom. Review: ‘Nathan the Wise’ Brings a Morality Tale to Today 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Audiences with low thresholds for boredom often want to hear just the hits. Ask the indie professor: Why do people talk at gigs? 2011-07-12T15:08:37Z For a few happy hours, I was able to suspend the feelings of dread and boredom we are all currently experiencing. What I'm really watching: golden age Hollywood comedies 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z “And yawning naturally occurs before and during stressful situations, promoting relaxation and better cognitive functioning. It has nothing to do with boredom.” Need a quick stress-reliever? Try one of these surprising science-based strategies. 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Lively’s main trait is a lofty bearing that conveys a mild boredom, a distracted air of superiority that suggests that she places herself a little bit above the rest. Blake Lively Lives Forever 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z As people watch their finances dwindle and their boredom expand, the anxiety-provoking math of how long we must live this way is the most difficult number to ascertain. Who understands "lockdown" and isolation? The formerly incarcerated are the experts we need now 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Am I merely an emotional/boredom crutch for her while she's on her assignment, or is there something she wants to rekindle? Perspective \| Carolyn Hax: Best friend, meet my new boyfriend. Also, he’s married. 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z In the meantime, Ms. Samala is in charge of feeding herself, her wife and her baby, and the family is experiencing what she describes as a mix of boredom and decision-making fatigue. For Home Cooks, Burnout Is a Reality This Holiday Season 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Despite their own struggles with boredom, both Toohey and Svendsen present positive sides of the argument, suggesting that we might, so to speak, be bored to life. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z In its most trying incarnation, situational boredom has the potential to develop into something like existential boredom, in which one is forced to question not just the point of an event but of life itself. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z The phone serves as both a diversion from my boredom, and a baby sitter for my kid when I don’t want to deal. Mommy, can you put down your iPhone? 2013-01-26T21:00:00Z For us, I think some snacking was more about boredom or restlessness than hunger. Motherlode Blog: Home-Cooked Challenge: Lessons of a Week Without Junk Food 2013-06-23T12:14:36Z Over many solitary days and nights, they work, eat, drink and dig at each other, establishing a bristling antagonism born of temperament and boredom or maybe just narrative convenience. ‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Dark Nights, Troubled Souls, Hairy Men 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Also, incidentally, it contains a handful of excellent quotes about the legend’s boredom over the media-engineered feud between her and Lady Gaga. “I think it’s really boring, quite frankly”: Leaked Rolling Stone issue reveals Madonna’s take on the Lady Gaga feud 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z He illustrates how resentment ferments in boredom to produce an acid that can poison any peace. ‘American War’ follows today’s vitriol to a dystopian future 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Battling boredom at the camp, where officers were not put to work because of Geneva Conventions rules, he first took up sewing and then carving model airplanes. National Symphony Orchestra violist plays heirloom built by grandfather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Back in March, when isolation and homebound boredom were novelties, many Americans fashioned themselves into folksy sourdough bakers. Pandemic Baking Just Got Weirder 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z “If You Don’t, I Will” is a dour, acutely observed comedy about marital boredom that doesn’t glamorize or overdramatize the characters’ angst. ‘If You Don’t, I Will’ Stars Mathieu Amalric 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z In part, this reflects the rappers’ outsized ambition and latent boredom with simple symbols of excess. Review: Kendrick Lamar, Rap’s Skeptical Superstar, Eschews Arena Spectacle 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Film critic negativity about "Hillbilly Elegy" may reflect similar attitudes – a mix of exasperation and boredom with a pet topic for media outlets since the 2016 election. The chattering classes got the "Hillbilly Elegy" book wrong—and they’re getting the movie wrong, too 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z The boredom, anxiety and occasional loneliness of parenting, the career I’d built up as a successful freelance journalist becoming derailed thanks to losing my contacts, confidence and free time – it’s all there. Sex, drugs, honeymoon, motherhood – what if my child reads my diaries? 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The same woman stares at a house and thinks, “It was clear that the previous occupants had led lives of grinding boredom here and with little composure.” Review: The Stories of Joy Williams: Short, but Seldom Sweet 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Instead of trying to prevent boredom, maybe welcome it and see what children do. How to Entertain Your Kids This Summer 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The early 50s is remembered as an era smeared with boredom, with Billy Cotton on the wireless and rationed gruel for dinner. Diana Dors: more than just the British Marilyn Monroe 2010-06-10T22:06:00Z As I was reading it in its Arabic translation in the mid-1960s, I told myself, “So one can write about anything, even about his own boredom, himself, or social alienation.” Hanan al-Shaykh: By the Book 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z
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