| 单词 | boring |
| 例句 | If you think shelling peas is boring work, you ought to try removing the inner linings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z After each one of the Gran’s proclamations, while everyone else cheered loudly, they barely clapped, as if this was the most boring event in the world. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He would lecture me about his latest research into the boring life of some dead guy while I ate tiny forkfuls of mushroom omelette and nibbles of cinnamon bagel with butter. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Fine. Get yourself whatever and the rest of us something not boring,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “He works in the most boring department,” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Keep it,” he said, his gaze boring into hers like he’d seen Shah Rukh Khan do to a dozen different actresses in a dozen different Bollywood movies. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The day felt like any other: boring, uneventful, and annoying. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s pretty boring, but the athletes, well, you know. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I was thinking if it was such a lovely day, we probably shouldn’t spend it in a boring old museum, but I didn’t say that. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “You could make it up to me by telling Mom you’re craving carne asada. She also always serves really boring meals when we have kids here, and that bugs me, too.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sweeping off a huge field of solar cells is boring and physically demanding. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And Odysseus took his time, turning the bow, tapping it, every inch, for borings that termites might have made while the master of the weapon was abroad. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hi,” I answered dumbly, trying to look too boring to be worth staying for. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z This led into an even longer argument—hard to follow and, to me, intensely boring—about whether Hesiod’s primordial Chaos was simply empty space or chaos in the modern sense of the word. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Aunt Marge’s voice seemed to be boring into him like one of Uncle Vernon’s drills. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I know it sounds boring, but it wasn’t. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And I’ll spare you all the boring details, because the conversation pretty much went that way for the next hour. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They were simply there to do boring jobs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I can still live a happy life, Meryl Lee, even if I don’t read the boring parts of The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Before Mom could pack our whole Saturday with boring “cultural events,” I asked if I could do homework at Calaca. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z They were boring, and plus, they had actual jobs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “It’s run like a police state, and it’s boring and clueless.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And probably boring—even with cussing in it.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “This sheet says his favorite food is mutton pie. I literally cannot think of a more boring food. He’s like a cardboard cutout of a person.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You’re not supposed to eat any of them. Tell me what you’ve been up to. Gosh, the other girls are boring! They don’t do anything but read love comics and eat chocolates.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So, I was listening to him talk and waiting for an opportunity to tell him—but he just kept talking and talking, and it was strange and tangential and boring. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z So it wasn't just that things interested him because he didn't know from boring—it was the connection his brain made, connections he couldn't help but seek out. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But now, in Dubai and after that, we sit together and my pantry is full of memories about every boring detail. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His constricted domestic routine, plus what he regarded as an often boring job, were becoming more suffocating as the novelty of being in Chicago wore off. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah,” says Gabriel, his ancient eyes boring into me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Once the wad was gone, I put a fresh leaf in his mouth and he casually chomped it, looking here, there, and everywhere, as if I couldn’t have asked him to do anything more boring. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Tendai was bored with Gondwannans, who lived far to the north and probably carried on their boring lives in exactly the same way as Zimbabweans. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They were now spending lesson after lesson learning how to look after flobberworms, which had to be some of the most boring creatures in existence. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “If all of us only ever did what we were allowed to do, the world would be a pretty boring place,” Styx said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Everything and everyone in Hatfield felt so familiar—even a little boring. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A knock at the door was both exciting and boring, depending on how you looked at it: The knock always held a mystery. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But the voice persisted, boring into his mind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Brian came to the ceremony, but Lori and Maureen had to work, and Mom said it would just be a lot of boring speeches about the long and winding road of life. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "I thought that, too. Amber was always the boring one. My mother's pet. It all sounded outlandish. But it was like she changed. Became a different person. More like you, and less like her." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It's the most boring county, so no one ever knows where it is. Blackburn's up north, isn't it?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t she just be boring like my other teachers? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I was sad that I had to leave them now, even though the class was very boring. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I'd like to spend all my time writing, but that would probably get boring. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I still loved those old black-and-white movies, even if Audrey said they were boring. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Duh. This looks bubbly. Just because I’m pretty doesn’t mean I’m totally boring.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His intensity and loneliness are, and so are the gun magazines that she sometimes sees him thumbing through during boring lectures, and the way he doesn’t even seem to feel guilty for what he did. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “It was boring,” she said, because Twig doesn’t care for long-term projects. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “But you remember how it was. If one turned up in a room, everyone pretended to find it dead boring. Then you came back half an hour later and it would always be gone.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “It only proves that you seem to think the job of a detective is jam-packed with all sorts of excitement. The truth is, it’s mostly boring.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s not like he would have divulged all the boring details of this trip to anyone anyway, except maybe June and Nora. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We joked about all the commemorative marches and boring speeches we had been spared by leaving this particular weekend. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no one to go to concerts with, and dorm sports were boring to watch now that she didn’t know anyone on the teams. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It’s really boring, because they speak mostly in Korean. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But to preschoolers repetition isn’t boring, because each time they watch something they are experiencing it in a completely different way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But not only did I decide to get up, I decided to get the hell out of that empty, boring, beige hospital room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even when I saw the convicts unload the laundry from the boats, it was boring. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It really can get boring unless you keep your eyes open. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z And despite Ron’s frequent complaints that Scabbers was both boring and useless, he was sure Ron would be very miserable if Scabbers died. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We needed the violence to cheer us after a whole day of boring traveling and contemplation about why our superiors had let us go. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “You think our evenings are boring, Matty? I thought you enjoyed our reading together.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Ms. Hardwick's Honors English class is one boring required read after another. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Not because she wanted to take dance classes, or be a part of their group, or go to the community pool so regularly it became boring. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z So boring during the day and easy to escape at night. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “No promises. You don’t want your job to get too boring, do you?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She’d already been alive for a whole twelve and a half weeks, and she wanted to tell Brightbill about every exciting thing, and every boring thing, that had ever happened to her. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Paula rustled around in her box as if looking for a way out of her boring cardboard prison. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Also all the slang, the “square-bashing” drilling exercises, and the boring meals and the uniforms, though Maddie’s group didn’t get issued proper uniforms at first. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The racial problems that consumed Guitar were the most boring of all. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We watch white people on the TV screen for a while, but even the movies with guns and fast cars and explosions get boring after a while. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He always knew when to say the right thing—the news on the radio was getting pretty boring. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And after a while that gets boring, so when the cops arrive like this it breaks the day up nice. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's boring. Blah, blah, blah—pirates!—blah, blah, blah." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It promised a boring social life, too, which was fine with them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Bunderson continued to look down, boring a hole in the table beneath him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And more fun than just reading a boring old paper aloud. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In school, of course, they always managed to make it sound really boring, all graphs and averages and measuring people’s pupils when they looked at different faces. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Viola. Do you think I’m boring? Do you think I’m an idiot?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Immediately when she walked down the aisle of the bus she felt eyes boring into her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Even the boring Witness songs sound good to me, the words telling us how God wants us to behave, what he wants us to do, Be glad you nations with his people! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “I wish it had been a boring entrance. I’d even take a different badge if I could.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z My brother’s kind eyes feel like two drills boring a hole in my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z That's when Coach started his boring speech about how proud he was to have us on the team, and how great the season was going to be. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “You know,” she says, “those girls are okay but they’re so normal. It’s boring.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Gram told me once when I asked why we couldn’t walk down there, and the answer was boring enough that I quickly lost interest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Edward kept busy in programs planned for children his age and the grown-ups made friends and talked their usual boring grown-up talk. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just boring not being able to gossip with anyone. The boys were cute, but the girls there had no sense of style. Most of them were wearing the ugly brigaduita uniforms. Ugh.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z His father scooted in, his eyes boring into Dill, a conspiratorial hush to his voice. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Those flying monkeys were creepy. But other than that, I don’t know, I thought it was kind of boring.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “What if we don’t want to stay in this stupid, boring town?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I go on, figuring the faster we get to the boring stuff the better for all concerned. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I walked into bio the next day, prepared to make the herculean effort to be an aloof, boring lab partner yet again, when the whole thing finally just fell apart. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I watch and watch and when the dust settles, I see that three massive pairs of eyes are boring into me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s okay. I can’t think of anything good anyway. This town is just too boring.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It was slow and boring but familiar, which was what I needed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was super boring compared to taste-testing cupcakes, but I didn’t mind too much. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Well, she’s not boring, I’ll give you that. Hot in her own way. I can see it. So, what do you guys do?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “The screen is just boring because the cells are so small, even with a microscope you can’t see them sometimes.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But what’s the point of boring you with harsh words, spiteful conversations and tears when you know they bore us even more? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I don’t care whether car A or car B gets to Chicago first. It’s a boring problem.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “If you did, you’d know I don’t have time to listen to stupid, boring stories from some stupid, boring tree that isn’t even real—” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Ralph resented being imprisoned by a zipper, and the conversation was boring because it was not about him. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I told her I’d stick with my boring brown, thank you very much. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s so boring here in Switzerland,” Berg said, trying to draw Heisenberg into a political discussion. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Oliver spent a dreadfully boring twenty-three minutes looking through Hyacinth’s button collection. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “It should, perhaps, but it doesn’t. People are bloodthirsty. It’s the nature of simple folk. Blood excites them, and they love to be excited. It takes them out of their boring lives.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It was okay. There’s going to be a talent show, which is like all anybody can talk about it and it’s boring.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “He had a boring job before he switched to teaching, so he’s just excited to be here,” he said. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Anyway, this is boring. What’s going on with you? Your life is so much better than mine right now.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Because you’re not going to think about me when you see a boring old gift card on your desk. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He asked her if she was happy, and she answered that no, he was the most boring, tedious snooze of a date she had ever met. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I’m sure. Boys only want one thing, Dad. And that’s just boring.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We lean in for her next words, for The Message from Upstairs, but then Dad interrupts, throwing a whole load of boring on the moment. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It was hot, so I don’t really blame them, but it was still boring. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z And “Frankly, he’s boring” doesn’t mean the guy is boring in a frank way. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “But maybe when somethin’ really bad happens in your life...maybe then you wish you could make it go back to being boring.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z After we walked around for a while, everything seemed kind of sad and boring so we couldn’t tell anymore what we wanted. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas was glad of the boring time she’d spent over the summer pressing fistfuls of gumbo clay, taken from the center of the island, into those places where the dried mud had crumbled. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Soft, soft, but how piercing! boring and drilling into reason, tunnelling through resolution. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Football had started to feel boring and routine. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Werner Joseph is nice too, but all the changes taking place lately have made him too quiet, so he seems boring. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As innocuous and boring as that—the name of the road we live on. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure there’s Noise in Farbranch, men doing their usual boring daily business, chattering their thoughts that don’t mean nothing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It was heavy work, and boring; there was nothing to it but swinging my pickax again and again, breaking off big chunks of salt that another prisoner shoveled into a donkey cart. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The poems hadn’t been as boring as I thought they would, but today I was about to explode. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to let this be easy and boring for you. No, I have some wonderful surprises in store. Anguish. Indecision. Oh, you just wait.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Don’t get the idea it was boring, though. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no radio in the trailer, and the only reading material was a construction industry journal with boring articles about hurricane-resistant roof sheathing and antitermite treatments for plywood. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He talked in a flat voice, trying to sound like the most boring person on the whole planet. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Hmm. I suppose. I’d still like a little more screaming. This slow death is boring. Ah, well, what about our talented friend? Is she ready to receive her visitor?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And so it happened to him again and again, until it was boring. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The score on the game was zero to zero, fourth quarter, making this the most boring game ever. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “People say the word ‘nice’ and they mean ‘boring.’ Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m out, too. If you softhearted cupcakes are going to stroll through Venice without even whacking those furry animals on the head, forget it. I don’t like boring expeditions.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It must get awfully boring sitting there, watching cakes bake.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Though I could feel Leafie’s eyes boring a hole in my back, I took his arm and we moved toward the dance floor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She was so pleased that I forgot how sore my fingers were from boring the holes in the hard shells. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Life on the island had become a peaceful and almost boring routine that he understood well. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Captain's log. Stardate 9326.5. Hog hunting is incredibly boring. I think I'll take a nap and trust in my brilliant Vulcan companion to let me know if any extremely dangerous feral hogs walk by.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He handed Amaka a piece of paper and told her he had written some suitably boring names on it, that she had only to choose one and he would leave. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Finding themselves quite in agreement about politics, however, they soon found such conversation boring and decided to drop the subject. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Stella couldn’t understand how school could ever be boring. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z These thoughts pester me throughout the long, boring days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam sent Lee with a note to the Hamilton place to ask Samuel to visit him and discuss the boring of some wells on his new place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I hope I am not boring you with all this talk of politics.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well, that sounds boring. Also impossible. Like, how are we all going to get there? The guards won’t let us walk that way after dinner; it’s straight back to our blocks, remember?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Between the car floating real soft down the road and Lefty Lewis’s boring stories about the railroad and the union and baseball I was out cold in no time. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z And now Ms. Hardwick is reading another boring book in class, and April hasn’t smiled at you since the lunchroom brawl. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “As opposed to all the boring ones I tell.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Fourteen people out on the stoops, sitting around because there wasn’t any boring thing else to do in boring Marysville. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I’m boring you with all my break-ins, but what can I do when burglars take such pleasure in honoring Gies & Co. with their presence? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Keto might be a little boring, but she’ll take good care of your friend. And honestly, the best part of the tour is still to come!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I suppose I never found boredom very boring. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He was the most boring guy I ever listened to. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I clear my throat and catch a quick look at myself in the mirror: that new red shirt and those jeans, my boring new slip-on shoes. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They stared at each other for a minute, Rishi’s deep honey eyes boring into hers. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “You too, Charlie. Give my regards to your mother,” he said, which had to be the most obvious thing he ever said in his boring little accountant’s life. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The classes are boring and most of the teachers don’t care if you live or die. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to find nearly everything I did boring. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Neely has decided to give us a break from cutting open small animals and watching boring videos to return to the scientific process. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They flicked restlessly from scene to scene and spent a lot of time studying boring places, like the spaces behind pillars or curtains. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After its uncertain launch, its stolid reliability had become almost boring; the Crocker Lab seemed more like an industrial factory every day, so why not push past the boundaries of the predictable once again? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I sighed and plopped down on the first step, worried we’d made our way into another dead-end, boring, waste of time, dusty mudhole of a town, with another move not too far off. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “At least not in New York. So why would I want to go somewhere boring?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “The real story is dead boring. I grew up in London with me mum and dad, sister, brother, and a parakeet named Benny Hill.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “All these teachers is boring me to death.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “It sounds boring,” she shouted from up ahead as we biked to her house after school. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I resent that the hours seem boring now, emptier. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He was holding two pieces of pottery: one a plain, boring blue-gray bowl, and the other an amazing blue-gray bowl with random cracks that were filled with shimmering gold. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “A couple of months and we’ll be stuck inside the river. Pretty and boring.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Half of it was boring, the other half horrible. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I insult his manhood, his boring wife, his ugly child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Otherwise the driving gets so boring,” she said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “This is going to be a boring night, you know, long speeches on things I don’t even know or understand. This is for grownups, what am I doing here?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Mom. I’ll talk about boring things. I know, how about George? He’s always good for being boring.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z An agent sits at a desk at the front of the room, speaking in the most boring monotone I’ve ever heard. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I eat dinner and draw and watch YouTube videos, just like I used to do to kill time pre-Stella’s intervention, but it all feels extra boring now. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z And I thought how convenient it would be now I didn't have to announce to everybody at college I had broken off with Buddy and start the boring business of blind dates all over again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "No, they probably consider me too boring even for that," she said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Many of the older children were in summer school until around noon, making the mornings especially boring. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Sorry. You’re not boring me. I like talking to you. I, uh, I’m really tired. Exhausted, but I know I shouldn’t sleep because I don’t have time for naps.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Seems like a boring way to pass an afternoon, but I try it anyway. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I was hoping you’d wake up soon. You can’t imagine how boring it is to sit and watch somebody sleep. It’s like counting stones in a wall.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They talked about weddings and jobs and weather and other boring grown-up stuff after that. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Honey,” Paige said, “it would take a lot more than God and Virgil Hedgepath to get me to one of those godawful boring teas where those dumb wives sit around counting each other’s wrinkles.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite what boring Hobbits like Fatty Bolger might have thought, I did not go home and have falafel for dinner. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He couldn’t do anything except listen to these boring country songs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I said, “I’m going to do that when I get real old and boring.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At first it had seemed like it was going to be a boring trip, because they spent the whole morning with the curator of the Asian Art Museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So earlier today—three boring weeks, three victorious meets after Patty's crazy comeback—I finally put some sound in my mile. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We parade down the aisle so Mom can wave at all her friends and then we sit through a boring sermon I’m not allowed to fidget through. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We don’t hug and say, “I love you,” like on TV shows about boring white families who live in two-story houses and talk about their feelings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z School is boring; none of the classes mean anything to me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Even the constant feeling of terror becomes boring. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve just had eighty years of pleasantly boring days,” she said, raising up on one elbow from the shady spot where she’d been sleeping. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Why didn’t he say “I love you”? Wednesday was boring. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The covers were real interesting but the insides were real boring. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, maybe we can do some things to make it less boring for you. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z But I did become sadder, and sadness gets boring after a while, for the sad person and for everyone around them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For the most part they were unspeakably boring, all about life in a traditional fishing village and the enduring mysteries of animal husbandry, but one exhibit stood out from the rest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “How do you know they’re boring if you don’t read them?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Leave it to Fina to think that being one color is boring. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s a boring job, and your hands get tired. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was no monster, only a boring old bus, doing what boring old buses always did—letting off passengers at the bus stop. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We were, as most new parents are, obsessive and a little boring, and nothing made us happier. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It's boring to do that every two minutes. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “These concerts are so boring,” Jefferson had said to a girl with long wispy hair and tiny ears. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It’s pretty boring if you’re just sitting there, so I slept on and off until, in the early evening, we turned off Interstate 10 somewhere in western Florida. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even though it would be boring? And predictable?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They turned all those beautiful golden sculptures into boring Spanish coins and shipped boatloads of them back to the king and queen of Spain, who loved the gold but wanted even more. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The hallway wound past a boring lounge and a clean kitchen. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to have her judging us, and thinking we were too boring or stupid or something. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even if you teach kids like me, who think life is boring?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z "I've never liked court much. I was lucky to be at sea with my father most of the time. He's grooming me for a boring life on a boat." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It had all been so ordinary, even boring, and now it seemed like a fairy tale. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying you have to be academic or boring. Keep your style but add more depth.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She told me last night and again this morning on the bus that she thought our project was boring. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “No,” I joked, “’cause you usually just talk about boring old people stuff.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There isn't anything else to see now, it's boring.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Moving isn’t tennis” “Would be pretty boring if it weren’t.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I can’t fly in the middle of social studies, no matter how boring it is. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z After the museum got boring, Sapo and I would leave, cross the street, and spend the rest of the afternoon in Central Park. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Kimril was easy to grow, nourishing though nearly flavorless, and was now the staple of their boring diet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As we filed out afterward, no one mentioned how boring the game itself had been. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The first and most boring part is about a place called Mesopotamia, so it’s taking some work on my part to look interested. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Leave it to James to turn a bunch of boring typos into a crazy word search game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “It is. Want to hear something more boring? I—we—have a condo.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It is as Valerian says. This lesson is boring. You will light the lamps and begin another, more worthy one.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Fadi tuned out his sisters’ phenomenally boring conversation, added a chunk of crumbly brown sugar to his watered-down hot milk, and stirred. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z We thought they were boring then, a form of adult gossip that did not concern us. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He spent most of the evening stabbing at the remote control, trying to find a show that wasn’t too boring or confusing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Look, that’d be fun in its usual somewhat boring way, but no.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He might have saved us from a heck of a boring summer, but really, we ended up saving him, too. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “This is boring,” Trevor said to me in a low voice. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z It all looks kind of boring, since it’s old lobby furniture. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Books—pretty good, except Joseph got a copy of Walden, which looked about as boring as wool socks. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He says it’s boring and a waste of time, especially gym. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z A whole lot about the women that used to be but nothing that makes any sense, cuz drunk Noise is like a drunk man: blurry and boring and dangerous. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “That sounds like a pretty boring picture to me,” I told him. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I decide to wait the dog out, but after three or four minutes on the log, it gets boring and I start off again. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I don’t know. I would rather fight in the war than eat another bowl of cereal. This is boring.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Which was all a big relief to Maniac, finding out he wasn’t really white, because the way he figured, white was about the most boring color of all. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were going to spend another long, boring day locked up in the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “This is boring. And painful. What are we looking for?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was fine, but it was kind of boring. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Most people think the pagoda is a cute tourist attraction and a quirky addition to our otherwise boring little nowhere city. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yes. It sure was boring. Who did most of the talking anyway?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Sansa was allowed ter go riding too, but only in the bailey, and it got boring going round in a circle all day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From the screen in his hand, Henry’s message reads, In world’s most boring meeting with Philip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I could feel their stares boring into my back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The experiment itself didn’t interest me, but his company was never boring. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I bet the novel’s boring, but it would be fun to have a computer.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The lovely November sunshine crept into the classroom, shining warmly upon the beautifully written but boring English words on the blackboard. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It should be a lot easier than boring a hole through the hill,” said the bard, “which was my next suggestion.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The work is back-breaking and boring, and the sun burns my black pajama clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is clearly time for me to step boldly into our society, not in the boring, passive manner of the Myrna Minkoff school of social action, but with great style and zest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Tomorrow I leave for Europe with my cheating father, who is, as you know, also deeply boring. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It was clear she thought she was enduring the last hour of an extremely boring evening. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Which shouldn’t be hard, since all his words are boring. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z "Most Belles are incredibly boring. Like the last one. What was her name again?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Eventually Mom stopped chatting and switched on some boring talk radio station for the rest of the hour drive home. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then he talked about other things, like financial goals and fund-raising, and stuff that was so boring I couldn’t wait for him to stop. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Seeing the picture of someone with your exact same birthday and almost your exact same name who’d been kidnapped wasn’t boring. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Personally, I wanted to talk about something besides Stan and the Millers, but everything I contemplated was either stupid or boring or both. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Terrified Pippin lay still, though the pain at his wrists and ankles was growing, and the stones beneath him were boring into his back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Apparently, they just sit around watching really boring documentaries that only geniuses would find entertaining. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Jay Stringer was still a genius, music assemblies were still boring, and Alice Evans was still too shy to admit when she had to go to the bathroom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He leaned back on the couch and covered his eyes with his arm, trying to imagine himself giving a report on all this boring stuff. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not boring. It’s cool,” he said, when Shadow protested that he didn’t read books. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was boring because I didn’t see what difference it made. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He could feel Ike’s and Felix’s eyes boring into his back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He has a boring kind of drive underneath him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t get boring. Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Somewhere around the boring part where the guy named Rolf and the oldest daughter are singing You are sixteen, going on seventeen, Jack nudged me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z In fact, life at home seemed kind of boring compared to life at church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Of course, then everybody says my reports are boring, or they don’t say it, they just sigh like a Jennifer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But after a while, even art could get kind of boring. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s clear to me: no matter how boring I find Mama’s cooking club, I’ll try to win over that girl Elizabeth and make sure the club is a success. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z No matter how crazy or boring the funeral was, it didn’t matter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “No,” she said, “you are not boring me at all, I am enjoying it.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other days he had carried them around with him during boring wanderings through the business district and the Quarter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at all of those could make a person keel over, just from how boring they were. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z David, Daniel, Sammy, and I just sat around doing nothing, which was about as boring as it sounds. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "The least boring Batman story ever, huh? Does Batman raise both eyebrows?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “You can read more of your boring book later.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “They wrote boring in giant letters. I don’t know how long you’ve been lying there, but if you burned...or tanned...or whatever...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Were the cymbals to wake you up when you got too boring?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We tried playing a few times without the North, but this turned out to be so boring that we abandoned the game altogether. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The program began, with the current mayor telling a very long and very boring story about her grandmother’s bravery and ingenuity. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He looked up at me, his eyes boring a hole in my face as if he were trying to figure out what I was up to. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The weather report was routine—even boring—with details about air pressure, wind speeds, and temperature maximums and minimums. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It looks like Elliott’s family is having a pretty boring argument over pizza. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The real Henry is beautiful, distant, boring, and closed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He had worn a place for himself in some comer of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Amah closely, his eyes boring into her face as if searching. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Something like, ‘The classes here are just as boring as in the school I’m going to now.’” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’m helping a friend. It’s for history. It’s boring.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I could put on an interesting outfit, crack a joke, and talk about sodium content in kids’ meals without being totally boring. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Up till now I thought my life was too boring to think about, let alone write about, but that's changing. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “I’m guessing you don’t want the word boring written across your back in white letters.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Johnny wants me to shut up. I’m boring you and Mirren.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They’ll have the most boring stall for sure, same as last year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Something to go with boring old bread....Come to me, my yummy in the bummy tummy.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I just sit there like a fool, making small talk and boring observations about stray animals, hoping I don’t embarrass myself with my limited Spanish vocabulary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You know, I hated moving to that house. I hated the kids at Queen Mary’s, and those boring things like skipping. I didn’t really have any good friends there, except for you.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She was the nosiest woman in the world and spent most of her life spying on the boring, law-abiding neighbors. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She soon found that her assignment was anything but boring—for one thing, she had to make a few practice jumps herself before she learned to pack parachutes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The junior class picked the first speaker and the seniors the second, and anyone who had ever attended a Speaker Day agreed that they were torturously boring. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But apart from my big performance on the front porch, Wednesday is mostly boring. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nestled in all that boring gray was a single golden feather, which he extended to them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z What he meant, of course, was, It’s not yet boring enough. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We’d also shared hilarious moments behind the scenes, trying on each other’s makeup, giggling about boys, and coming up with spur-of-the-moment games on long, boring afternoons. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was very boring, but I could earn my own money and be independent while I tried to find a way to work somehow with animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “When the elementary school wanted new playground equipment, it took three years to get it. But bring up something boring, and it’s ready to go in twenty-four hours.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z "I mean, it might be kind of boring, but you can come along with me." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It’s just a boring romance novel,” Tyler said. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Luna focused, the keenness of her eye boring inward, piercing the shine of the pearl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It made me think maybe brown eyes weren’t so boring after all. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I think it must be very boring down there,” said Mrs. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Tendai didn’t know how much you could say about such boring animals until the men got going. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Writing becomes boring, so I draw over my words. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z As a perverse and incredibly boring experiment, I am now trying to prove that I can get by without the drugs and the drinking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I got why she’d spent so many years charming boring men. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The long marches were grueling, miserable, boring—and, without warning, deadly. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “We didn’t do nothing. Without soccer, life was boring.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z If he kept repeating, “She felt guilty, she felt guilty, she felt guilty,” it would be a boring book and no one would buy it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z To her satisfaction, Feral’s hands had a hundred ideas of their own, and none of them were boring. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And people do, because the story is boring. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “They’re just shocked someone as boring as you could actually find a friend!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But music that follows the same rhythmic pattern all the time can get pretty boring. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Though of course,” said Spurge, “Werfel’s book is boring.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z You waited and waited and waited and then...Summer vacation turned out to be boring. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Olga didn’t have much on her hard drive, just some boring pictures of her and Angie, and old papers from her Intro to Business class. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “No, that’s my newest story. I was born like this. The truth is totally boring so I make up stories for fun. I have lots of them if you’d like to hear.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In the end, Audrey complained about how boring it was hanging out with us, so I brought out board games and we stopped talking about Jenna’s troubles. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I was ready with my pad for jotting down random thoughts I could use later in my writing, just in case the tar pits turned out to be super boring. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “I am going to read this terrible book with the boring title that does not contain stormtroopers,” he promised, and I immediately felt like I shouldn’t have told him about it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I could feel Red’s electric blue eyes boring into me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting at a desk covered in typed papers that looked important and boring. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z After two years in Chicago, it all felt terribly boring and rustic. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It had been an extremely boring plant, but I did remember it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Even in the deep bush, where you could die any number of ways, the war was nakedly and aggressively boring. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You took long enough. This place is so boring;” said Honorata, yanking a flower from the ground and tossing it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Just for fun. School reading is too boring. Don’t you think?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was stranded on Ludus, the most boring planet in the entire OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z That way, when boring Hobbits like Fatty Bolger said things, it didn’t matter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Camp food is so boring! I couldn’t wait for the packages my mom would send with snacks.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The conversation was so long-winded and boring that I suddenly fell asleep on the cold, hard linoleum. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Julian, who everyone knows is rich, was like, “I hate that I have to go back to Paris this Christmas. It’s so boring!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z And yet so, paradoxically, did her left, her fiance’s gaze boring through her thin silk shade like a second solar power. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a disquieting new habit of boring into my eyes with his look as if actually bent on piercing my head, the better to analyze what went on inside it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I got so tired of telling them the same boring story about being born without arms that I started making stuff up. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If school was boring, Don Billingsley nevertheless did his best to get through it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z What if she was the sweet, boring Olga I always knew her to be? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I could introduce you to my colleagues, treat you to the best curry outside India, and show you just how boring the life of an astrophysicist can be. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Stacy ignores us and starts talking about how boring her computer elective is, and then everyone starts talking about their electives and how fun or awful they are. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I wanted a gold cross, not the boring daffodils Dad had given me that morning. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I kept our bio conversations as brief and boring as possible. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “You will find, Karen,” Mary Anne said as she watched her mother climb the last stairs, “that poor taste is a lot more fun than good taste. Good taste is real boring.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Chokecherry’s too boring for a big thing—even a bad big thing.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z When Mr. Andrews had stopped by their table at dinner the first night, George thought he was just another boring millionaire coming over to kiss Aunt Daisy’s hand. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “I get that. It gets boring after a while, the same old thing. It’s just, like, every day is the same and it never changes.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Unh-uh. Sam Houston, in Texas. I did basic there and then went right into medical school. I got assigned to the hospital in Devens, but it got boring. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Good idea, but what if she thinks it’s boring. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “We all passed your boring tests,” said Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Monotonous to the extreme, DNA seemed to be quite the opposite of Schrödinger’s imagined chemical—not just a stupid molecule but worse: a boring one. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Things were quiet for a few days, even boring. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s just a boring stone well in the middle of the floor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Now it was merely a boring chore before exiting to the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We hit some traffic as we got into the city, and Darius was playing the most boring music ever. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but it’s boring. This has lots more color and photos, fashion and cute boys.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But, jeez, it was so boring, so deadly at home—what did they have to live for? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Art history is boring to those of us with normal brains,” Oliver chimed in. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Not that it was boring, it was really fun, but I didn’t deserve it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When she attended a talk with him, he would make sure to say it could have been better, or that the first ten minutes were boring, as though to preempt her own criticisms. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z How I got over it: It was too boring to care about for long. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Being smart didn’t mean he had to be boring. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “God that was boring. That was almost worse than class.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z My own theory, which I included on my poster, is that yawning is a semipolite way of telling someone that they’re boring everyone to death. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “You know, I’m kind of a boring guy when you think about it. Don’t know what Dante sees.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “I mean, your dog is named David, which is pretty boring.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Chicken, definitely. You can make so many different kinds of chicken. It would never be boring.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For why should I get excited learning boring chemical facts as long as the chemists never provided anything incisive about the nucleic acids? Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly Frank’s family history didn’t seem so boring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “That is so. Cool! You’re so lucky. Letters just stand there all boring when I read. I hate reading. I’d rather do anything in the world than read.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z What if she thought he was shallow or boring? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Not because she wanted to take dance classes, or be a part of their group, or go to the community pool so regularly it became boring. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “It’s just a movie with some friends. You know this town is boring you to death already,” Lucas joked. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Because Ollie might be pedantic and boring, but he could never be a Nazi. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Any more classes as boring as this one and I’ll be ready to move back in there full-time. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z For me, the work could be hard, but was usually more boring than physically wearing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “But I feel so boring standing next to her.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The mayor and the Company man made long, boring speeches about this great day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think learning root was going to be so boring.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Call me boring, but I didn’t want to play. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I could feel his eyeballs boring into my brain. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It would have saved me the most boring date of my life. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I could be a monk, but church is more boring than watching the screen-test card. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The rest of the girls seemed to think it was boring enough too, and they went right back to talking about themselves. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I assume it’s boring grown-ups’ business and go back to reading the newspaper on the living room floor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her gaze was boring a hole in the wall. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The trip back to Houston was kind of boring, but it was nice to get there and see our friends and families. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Not like my boring hair that just hangs there. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z More often than not, I felt self-conscious, certain I must be boring him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And then—remember?—the train whistle and the boring light and a freight from King City would go stomping across Castroville Street and into Salinas and you could hear it sighing at the station. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That night I tried to concentrate on my homework for Monday, but it was boring. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe this day wasn’t so boring after all. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “Staring at the wall can get a bit boring after a while,” she says, handing everything off to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The job itself was very boring—I worked in the filing department of the administrative building of the university. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When I put this scheme together, I figured Air Days would be godawful boring. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how I spent two hours, it was so awful and boring. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course I can skip the boring parts.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I think the place where you grow up is always really boring,” she replies. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Later, when the adults had a boring discussion about what was wrong with the world these days, Rafik wished they’d be quiet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "I don't want to see no art movie. You always want to take me to see those boring old art movies. Half the time I don't even know what they're about." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Nothing is as boring as other people’s dreams. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And I can’t explain why, but after all the weirdness today, seeing all this normal, boring stuff was sort of comforting. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “A phase of embryonal development. It’s a little boring, I'm afraid, unless you are fascinated by fish. I work at the Hatchery.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” said the other policeman, “but it gets a little boring after a while.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “I bet it’s really boring here compared to there.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I think having a blueprint makes life boring. Maybe I don’t want to get married or have kids or any of that. Maybe I just want a career and that’s all.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was even more useless and boring than being a messenger. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Smeaths in our rendition of them are charmless, miserly, heavy as dough, boring as white margarine, which we claim they eat for dessert. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Grownies will talk sometimes in boring words about boring ideas to groom each other like apes, to let each other know they're pals. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Grumpy teachers. Lots of reading and reciting. Basically boring. How about yours?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z By the time I removed my crampons to walk the last hundred yards to the tents, the sun felt like it was boring a hole through the crown of my skull. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Guys that are very boring--But I have to be careful about that. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z You’re so excited to be away from your mistakes that your boring little sister doesn’t matter anymore. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Hey, my summer was going to be boring. This is the best offer I’ve gotten yet. So what do I look for?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I wasn’t too gassed about working at a bank, just because it seemed like it would be boring as hell, sitting behind that thick glass counting other people’s money all day. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “But fighting all the time and being really drunk and nasty got boring. So now I just take care of animals.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Maybe he was drilling, or like, cutting or boring. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know—they were smoking, but I wasn’t. My class is so boring, and I just wanted to shoot the ball around. That’s it, I promise.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It read: “I am very glad that you are free, and that you are back among your friends and family, but your speech yesterday was very boring.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A boring place for a mouse, Ralph decided, until he discovered something interesting on a bottom shelf behind a big desk. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “So not only is our idea boring, it’s been done before,” Levi says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Easily the most boring class was History of Magic, which was the only one taught by a ghost. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I thought we were moving to a real farm, but it’s more like a big, boring garden. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The turkey sandwich I made last night sits in front of me, and it suddenly seems boring. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z While I liked school, I thought church was boring. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Heaps of things have happened, but I often think I’m boring you with my dreary chitchat and that you’d just as soon have fewer letters. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes when you keep singing the same song again and again and again, it gets really boring. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You two are so boring. We don’t have fun anymore,” she says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After a lot of very polite and very boring questions and answers about Amish life one of the Amish girls led us the rest of the way down the hall into a huge kitchen. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, two girls from my class walked by not far from me, and I called but, “School sure is boring, isn’t it?” but they ignored me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Like the rest of the buildings at Rock Center, Tuttle’s had a kind of boring tan Art Deco facade. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Plus, it’s not as boring as being at school all day. My dad says I’m a blue-collar guy, like he is.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “It gets boring in Tartarus. You can tell me your story while we eat, eh?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I’m useless in the temple’s library, memorizing passage upon passage of boring scripture, but out here on these lawns, I come alive. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “That would keep the Boring Room from being boring! Why can’t you understand that?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mama’s eyes are boring a hole in Papa. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything is great, honey. I went to the supermarket. I shopped for clothes at the mall. I even had a pretzel at the food court. That might sound boring, but it was a wonderful day.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Since I wasn’t allowed out alone now, days often became boring and I was glad that we’d be starting lessons and I thought my mother must be glad too. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t kidding about the hospital being boring. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As I mentioned, it's been a long, boring drive. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he went over some boring stuff about guns, like which slugs to use in your shotgun and to always keep both barrels loaded. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Everyone there is going to be boring anyway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But we wouldn’t settle down and get boring jobs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For monotonous months I had circled the mail on the hall table like a buzzard, poking through endless boring letters and bills before turning away each day in blank disappointment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “You may think I’m a boring old Keeper, but someday you’ll understand the importance of these lessons.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanako could feel his eyes boring into her toes—her feet actually seemed to almost warm up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we were just about to film a bit for the show, so, you know, nice to meet you. No need to stick around. It’s dead boring, filming,” Duff said, trying to edge away. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “My parents are still married. I have to call them at the same time every night—in thirty minutes, actually. They're overprotective, I guess, but normal. We're really boring.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I just didn’t think I could be boring enough for the Aurora County News. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Aside from those two events, this month was going to be so boring—and it was all his father’s fault. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The boring old men in the paintings that line the walls remain stiff and unsmiling—sorta how a part of me feels. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She grumbled to herself all morning over her work while Tom and Samuel went over the boring equipment, sharpened bits, drew sketches of windmills new in design, and measured for timbers and redwood water tanks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t remember much, only that it was rather uncomfortable and kind of boring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “But that don’t mean it have to sound boring,” Minny says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Despite the boring title, it’s pretty cool to learn about the non-human cities out there. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It was incredibly boring, but my survival depends on these machines, so it had to be done. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better than boring you to death,” I said, pulling back onto my side of the table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I am at my best friend's house, and am pretty bummed, because things are boring now. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It means, “I’m being frank when I say he’s boring.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because if you hadn’t, Connor wouldn’t be here. And imagine how boring this world would be without him.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Until that day, Most sincerely, Stephen Hawking The week was incredibly boring, except for when I remembered the key. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone who lived here said those things: provincial, self-satisfied, boring. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I don’t know what he actually does, but it all sounds complicated and boring. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He slammed me back into the floor, all ninety kilos of him boring down on me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I get a double scoop of pistachio, and Hana gets her boring chocolate chip, and Daddy gets cake batter with cookie pieces crumbled in it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z We went inside to play Monopoly, which I personally think is boring but Howard likes it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was an enormous white building on the sea-front and it looked to me like a pretty boring place to spend a summer holiday in. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z How does Kazi take all these plain boring foods—bitter vegetables, dried lentils, flour, oil, spices—and turn them into something so warm and delicious every time? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “My mom calls once a month to tell us how happy she is to be away from boring old Illinois. For my birthday, she sent me ten bucks.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then he heard the blast and felt the bullet boring through his arm, through flesh and blood and bone, the buckshot fragmenting, some pieces going through his arm and into his chest. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His own life is so boring when measured against his daydreams that he can’t stand it, so he makes up things to pretend it’s exciting. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z After breakfast things settled down to a boring normal. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I shrug and turn back to the Bray-Eliopulos files, which are as numbingly boring as ever. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z When I had finished my mother’s books—not the boring history ones, I was never much into those, but the novels, the epics—I started spending my allowance on books. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was fun to play like I was a pirate for a while but that got boring. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “The food’s boring. There’s no music. We’ve invented eight thousand games and outgrown them all, some of them literally. Why not grow into something?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Turned out the only water in Calm Waters was a single muddy pond, and it wasn’t so much calm as it was boring. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko was depressed at the idea of being stuck behind a desk, doing nothing for a whole boring month. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman sings nicely for a time, about “a great tomorrow,” and is encouraging us to “sign up with Outer Space Ways Incorporated” if we “find Earth boring.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why couldn’t we stay in LA? It’s boring driving these freeways.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Even though the Morse code class he taught was so boring that it made us want to go to sleep, Corporal Radant was the teacher we liked best. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Claire, most people found the Matching boring—important, of course, but with few surprises. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We drove to the arboretum, and she told me about every single plant we saw, and it wasn’t even boring because she had a way of making things fascinating. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She figured this would be the boring part. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Music that contains no dissonances can tend to seem simplistic or boring. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Cilla, who steals all the cookie dough from the cookie dough ice cream and leaves me with just the boring vanilla. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was lonely and boring work, even with Ghost along for company, but Jon found he did not mind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes it can be boring, and when we’re bored we do some crazy things to pass the time—like throwing rocks at cars. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be so boring here this weekend. Ask your mom and dad about Thanksgiving. I really want to go.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” Chaol added, jerking his chin at Dorian, “I think you have far more attractive suitors vying for your attention. I’m boring company to keep.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "It's just that America's boring, especially where I live. I want to see something...something...different." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Only, they were talking about boring things, like school and the weather. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But then, as a teenager, I got really into zodiac signs and concluded that it was so much cooler to be a Libra than a boring Virgo. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He makes no secret of his displeasure, drawling to Locke about how boring these lessons are and sneering at the lecturer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She can’t tell if Terry’s outfit is a uniform or if it’s just so boring that it looks like one: black pants, clunky black shoes with rubber soles, a matronly peach-colored T-shirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I realized that I didn't want boring in my life, and that a cape and top hat were so much more interesting than the black-and-white tuxedo every other guy was wearing. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She did not want to suffer through a long and boring cat-and-mouse question session. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Another Sunday has rolled around; I don’t mind them as much as I did in the beginning, but they’re boring enough. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z An adult considers constant repetition boring, because it requires reliving the same experience over and again. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Boy, is my date boring. I don’t even know where he is. Why is a tough little rocket boy going stag to the formal? Do you wanta dance?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Is it fun? I wish I could have been one. I would have been so good at it. My job is so boring.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Which I guess was interrupting, because he and Calista were looking at some boring art book he’d brought in to show her, but I didn’t care. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s funny — I always think my life is so massively boring, but she wanted to know every little detail. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From the point of view of a mayfly, human beings are stolid, boring, almost entirely immovable, offering hardly a hint that they ever do anything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of it is pretty boring, especially the songs and the poetry parts. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z This is the first Saturday in months that hasn’t been tiresome, dreary and boring. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Newman is making us work on a business flyer next. I never knew art could be boring.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I don’t dislike math, but is there anything more boring than math homework? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “It’s got to be a pretty boring life, hasn’t it, being a hat? I suppose it spends all year making up the next one.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It’s kind of boring,” Marisol said, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Briony said, “It’s boring of me, but I’ve done nothing wrong today.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “If we had a Gaming Machine,” Matty commented in a studied, offhand manner, “our evenings would never be boring.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The cold, black eyes were boring once more into Harry’s; he tried not to look into them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She listened to them complain about how boring their upcoming weekend would be because they were going to the community pool again, and then they started talking about a dance class they took together. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m fine. I have to get started on a project about solar ovens, but it is so boring!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Even still, cutting class is a serious offense, Mustafa, boring or not. You shouldn’t have been with those kids in the first place.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Children showed up with their cats and dogs and parakeets, a bunch of boring, everyday pets. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “But all I was thinking was that things must be really boring in the city.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “You told me everything was my fault. You made me believe that I was worthless. You watched me suffer, you— He shrugs. “Do you have any idea how boring you became, Rachel? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Camels are boring. You know, I heard there’s a cowboy show somewhere around here. Now, that’d be worth going to.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Leave it to James to turn a bunch of boring typos into a crazy word search game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “So why are we going to this museum,” Calista asked, “if you think it’s so boring?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve grown up a bit, I suppose. And maybe everyone else has too. Can’t keep on with the same stuff all the time. Gets boring.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as cursed objects went, this was by far the most boring. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “It must have been boring to be you.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Tacky, cheap, and boring. Honestly, Ephialtes. You have no sense of style.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In English, we’re reading some boring old book, by some boring old dude, set in some boring old time period. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I jumped in and out of Flint around seven times before that got boring and I decided I’d better head for Grand Rapids. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z And then I went from being a drinker to being a drunk, and there’s nothing more boring than that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom leans down, her eyes boring into mine. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But it would be boring to go through all the tedious details of all the changes in their lives. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It was amazing how he could make even bloody and vicious goblin riots sound as boring as Percy’s cauldron-bottom report. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The more he browsed the University of Chicago catalogue online, the more classes he saw that he’d like to take, and the more boring his routinized office job seemed by comparison. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He said “smooth” was boring but “textured” was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever it was that had tried to hurt me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “The plays of William Shakespeare,” said Mrs. Baker, “which can never be boring to the true soul. Open it to The Merchant of Venice.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I think Bella from Twilight is too fickle, and I don’t understand why she would choose that boring Edward. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her first months as a wife were peaceful and boring. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer did I feel the ridiculing eyes boring into me as I walked the halls of C Average. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z This was almost as boring as watching my mother get her face powder mixed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She listened to them complain about how boring their upcoming weekend would be because they were going to the community pool again, and then they started talking about a dance class they took together. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z All day in school, there’s a kind of charged feeling, and it seems to make the work less boring and the teachers funnier. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Of his face, I couldn’t see much more than the boring holes of his irises, which appeared as dark and empty as his gun’s muzzle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I had no idea what any of it meant, but I decided it was all far too boring to be important. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As I trudged off, I felt his gaze boring into me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was boring, and we knew that if we did not learn grammar instead of just phrases, we would never learn English. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the tumor metastasizing into my own bones, boring holes into my skeleton, a slithering eel of insidious intent. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Whenever Grandmother started lecturing him about his ancestors—how they’d come over from China and prospered in the import/export business, eventually becoming one of the wealthiest Chinese families in Vancouver—well, it was boring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “It was the most boring book I could find. I thought I might drop it off after dinner.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z All the way down the path from the tipple, I could feel his eyes boring into the back of my head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Regret washed over her as she could feel Mama’s gaze boring into her from back where she waited by the trolley stop. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Actually, some of the announcements are quite cool, even if the designs are boring. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And probably why she was one of Dad’s favorite people, even though she hated the Ramones and thought baseball was boring, while Dad lived for the Ramones and thought baseball was a religious institution. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I repeat the same boring conversation with a dozen other Austrian leaders over the next hour, until at long last, Grandfather steps away from the unending stream of guests and pulls me aside. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Dill’s father leaned forward, hands on the table, his eyes boring into Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But the accounts of old cricket matches are inclined to be boring for those who did not actually play in them, so we must leave it unreported. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had found Gat both a decent chess opponent and a willing audience for his boring stories about military history, so they’d spent some time together. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Axelroot himself is boring to watch; on a typical day he sleeps till noon, then takes a nap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This would be the most boring day of his life. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Even if it was something as boring as gardening. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Life on the farm is boring and dull, but at least there is enough to eat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Upwards it wound, coiling like a snake, boring its way across the sheer slope of rock. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Thought briefly of all the pleasant, boring things I might’ve been doing with my summer, had my life gone differently. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Was life that dull, that boring and humdrum for people? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A dopey letter is still a dopey letter, no matter how you dress it up; and there's a reason regular people don't appear on TV: we're boring. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I heard it was boring,” Milo said, frowning. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Granny said he always talked like it was just a long, tiring, boring time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then I walked into a doctor’s waiting room, boring and bland, and spoke to a middle-aged receptionist, who took my details without really looking at me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Friday was also boring, except that it was Friday, which meant it was almost Saturday, which meant I was that much closer to the lock, which was happiness. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The medic said, “He told me to tell you you’re boring. He’s playing cards with some of the guys. You want to go down there?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They charted the daily round too, in boring, loving detail. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Now he’s talking about dropping out of engineering. Says it’s too boring.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Brooklyn doesn’t do oceans, just sidewalks, buildings, and boring rivers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The educational aspect of school was pretty boring. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I can feel my teammates’ eyes boring holes into me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “My little sisters? My father's sugarcane fields and orange groves? I love reading poems, but there's nothing for me to really write about. Our life is boring.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He had learned about static cling from watching those boring women who talked about it on television, but could he really stick to a sock? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I cleared my throat, said: “Maybe boring isn’t so bad compared to other stuff that could happen.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Why would anyone want to be in a boring department like that?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I remember it being terribly boring. But I’m glad you’re enjoying it.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The problem was that math seemed so boring; his brain never needed urging when it came to reading or writing. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “That there are no boring parts in this, Shakespeare’s greatest play of all.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I could be having a boring or awful or just not very fun day, and then as soon as I started playing my trumpet, it felt like the skies were opening up. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “You know how Cake, sorry, I mean Keiko, was all into those boring old black-and-white movies? I got her to watch better retro movies, from the eighties.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It was pretty boring hanging around the tavern day after day, making fires and chopping wood and cleaning up and looking after the chickens and Old Pru and the pigs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s not much to do, except they give us tests and make us do exercises and then they measure us and take our temperature and stuff. It’s just boring really.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Sorry I thought your farm was boring before. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “This room? It’s so boring. No TV or anything. Can’t I go up to the lounge?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "You look amazing" was probably getting pretty boring to her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I guess it would be boring if we all had the same view. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Before, when Abilene talked to him, everything had seemed so boring, so pointless. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z |
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