| 单词 | monotonous |
| 例句 | Despite the terror of Peri-Urban, the lives of my family, neighbours and community continued to ebb and flow along a predictable, monotonous course. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The work was monotonous but not taxing; the changing products helped with the tedium. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z You listened to the monotonous chewing of cattle, the tepid rustle of water as it fingered its way through the reeds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He kept humming a soft, monotonous little tune. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There they were, all the way along the drive, on either side of us, blue, monotonous, like spectators lined up in a street to watch us pass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The first stop was the south-east corner, where Foremole and his crew had a monotonous task: night and day they monitored the grounds for sounds of tunneling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In prison, where so little breaks the monotonous routine, the smallest thing causes a commotion of talk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Winky talked my father into it,” said Crouch, still in the same monotonous voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Signing Washington Irving’s name to official documents was not much of a career, perhaps, but it was less monotonous than signing “Major Major Major.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The pattern was repeated with monotonous regularity in succeeding springs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z From the forest came the monotonous tick of a beetle. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z That night I made for the first time the kind of journey which later became the monotonous routine of my life: traveling through an unknown countryside from one unknown settlement to another. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It fell without a break, steady, straight, and monotonous. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I was glad it wasn’t me, because this man’s voice was such a slow, monotonous drawl that I’d spent the entire class trying not to fall asleep. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They jogged toward the shadow at the slow monotonous pace of their mounts, and it was not until they had entered it and felt the sudden coolness settle softly about them that Donovan looked back. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Last week there was a brief interruption in our monotonous routine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 For the rest of that day and into the night, we went up and down, up and down, up and down, until terror became monotonous and was replaced by numbness and a complete giving-up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Olmsted dismissed the inland sites out of hand as being flat and monotonous and too far from the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And the monotonous sound that had been there all along was the cry of the twins, wanting their dinner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she would not have thought about William so much had there been anything else to break the long monotonous stretch from Saturday to Saturday. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z From far back in the flinty hills, the monotonous call of a hoot owl floated down in the silent night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Something decorative and permanent and occasionally useful, yes, but I found it dull and quiet work, suitable for a rainy day with only the monotonous ticking of the parlor clock for company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She marched along, following Bob, listening to the monotonous slosh of liquid in his cleaning bottle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She had cool green eyes and jet hair, a quick smile, and was the type of girl Jem fell for with monotonous regularity. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Down below, the scrabbling of rats’ feet and the monotonous thud of the ram continued. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She found the music monotonous but didn’t dare say so out loud. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z To James Garfield, dealing with the endless stream of office seekers and politicians was exhausting and monotonous. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z After they had left, two of the girls got into a tired and monotonous quarrel, and Therese turned up with the first symptoms of the old Joe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The architecture is too monotonous. I prefer the architecture on Central Park West.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She weaved dreams in time to the soothing monotonous clicking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He remained convinced that romantic behavior was basically monotonous and predictable, and that therefore one could write a fairly straightforward formula that would predict the collision course of any two people. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Nearby someone was cursing the gods in a heavy, monotonous voice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s silent, no voices of children; only the monotonous cawing of a crow, and behind it the sea sound of distant traffic. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He hated the light bulb’s monotonous surveillance; it disturbed his sleep and, more explicitly, endangered the success of a private project— escape. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, that’s right,” I said, my English coming out stiff and monotonous. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When Washington Irving did grow monotonous, he could reverse the order and sign Irving Washington until that grew monotonous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He didn’t know Wilse Graham, but the man was “comp’ny”; that meant enough to set this day apart from the monotonous routine of many others. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The scenery and motion were so monotonous that Salva might have slept, except he was afraid that if he did, he might fall over the side. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two sacks, one rupee...three sacks, one-eight…” the overseer’s voice kept calling, monotonous, slightly weary. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Mile after mile after mile after mile, and everything became grayer and more monotonous. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He learned that sandstoning was even more monotonous than sanding the drill, and far more fatiguing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The thing about getting dumped generally, and getting dumped by Katherines in particular, was how utterly monotonous it was. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z During the next week, Cole settled into the monotonous routine of the detention center. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Every evening since she had come here she had sat waiting with impatience for her uncle’s monotonous voice to cease. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Homer climbed in the wagon whistling one of Jasper’s more monotonous ditties. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We prayed rosary after rosary, until the monotonous sound of prayers blended into the blur of flickering altar candles. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They listened, but beyond the rustle of the leaves there came from the open down outside no sound except the monotonous tremolo of a grasshopper warbler, far off in the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The work was hot and dry and as monotonous as the maddening, slowpoke motion of the pumpjacks themselves. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Conversation trailed off, and the room became silent except for the monotonous thwacking of J.B. riding his rocking horse in the corner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The laundry was a humid inferno, the work as monotonous as it was uncomfortable. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All on top of the long and monotonous years spent learning the basics of the machine that had given birth to the space program. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The children milled about angrily and raised their voices in one steady, monotonous shrieking which continued unabated for five minutes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The crossing had been hard: bleak and monotonous, physically and mentally grueling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The brown swirling waters lapped at my feet, and the monotonous chirping of the grillos as they sang in the trees mixed into a music which I felt in the roots of my soul. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Lydia gaped as he opened the volume, and before he had, with very monotonous solemnity, read three pages, she interrupted him with: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The incident had occurred and was gone for me: it was an incident of no moment, no romance, no interest in a sense; yet it marked with change one single hour of a monotonous life. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The summer nightfall was unbroken by owls and so quiet that they could plainly hear the intermittent, monotonous “Chug chug chug” of a nightingale in the distant woods. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky became quite gray and, along with it, the whole countryside seemed to lose its color and assume the same monotonous tone. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But wording should be varied when an entity is referred to multiple times in quick succession and repeating the name would sound monotonous or would misleadingly suggest that a new actor had entered the scene. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In the still night the monotonous scattering music of the skating rink could be heard from many blocks away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of being locked into a monotonous, 365/4-day orbit around the sun, starship passengers would always find the view out their windows slightly different from anything they had ever seen before. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He is somewhat relieved she’s gone: her voiceless, colorless weeping, snuffly and monotonous, was beginning to get to him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After about four minutes the telephone rang shrill and insistent, that irritating, monotonous note of a long-distance call. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When that grew monotonous he wrote, “Irving Washington.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was a monotonous job, and Yossarian was disappointed to learn that the lives of enlisted men were only slightly more interesting than the lives of officers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “The food is monotonous and salty, the commoners stink, and the storms will not cease. We will sail back to London at once. Who is with me?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He brought her treats, read her stories and listened to her monotonous complaints. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I sat in the back of the hatchback on the drive home—and that is how I thought of it: home—and fell asleep to the highway’s monotonous lullaby. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But don’t overdo it, or your writing will sound monotonous. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Not heavy now but monotonous, dripping onto us, splashing on the stones. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His task was so small, so monotonous, and so utterly lacking in interest that he found it almost impossible to keep even part of his mind on it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She can hear the trains stop, then resume their monotonous drone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He started talking in this very monotonous voice, and picking at all his pimples. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Academic writers often neglect to do this and trowel out massive slabs of visually monotonous text. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Over and over, monotonous, without change, until finally he said to his son, “Let’s play ball.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to pay attention, but the monotonous voice of the narrator kept lulling me to sleep. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z From the fields across the creek came the monotonous shout to the field horses; up at the house Jenny’s voice came clearly, pleasant as the sound of a little bell ringing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Major Major went back to Washington Irving when John Milton grew monotonous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Like Washington Irving, he could be reversed with good effect whenever he grew monotonous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The four years she had spent doing monotonous calculations on gust alleviation had only intensified the desire to drain every drop of knowledge she could from the engineers she worked with. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The family was always glad to see him; he enlivened for a short time the passing of one monotonous day after another. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam played me snippets of bands he liked, a Swedish pop trio that sounded monotonous but then some Icelandic art band that was quite beautiful. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the duets, or encounters, fairly quickly become monotonous, aided little by Richard Moore’s gloomy lighting design. Dance Review: Richmond Ballet at Joyce Theater 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z Despite the monotonous structure, the breadth of stories, styles and locales is often exhilarating. This week's new films 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z The landscape is monotonous — a flat and almost ghostly expanse of scrubby desert whose most impressive feature is the tenacity of the flora, fauna and human beings who survive there. In the California Desert: Vast Darkness, Vibrant Music, an Oasis 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z In 1986, Smith parodied the monotonous broadcast of the football results, which were an essential and lengthy part of many news broadcasts at the time. Mel Smith: a life in clips 2013-07-20T15:24:00Z The repetitive design of this coffee-table book matches the repetitive narrative, with too many photographs of the often monotonous landscape of Eastern Oregon and of people pointing at barely visible wagon ruts. ‘The Meek Cutoff’: Pioneers stranded in the Oregon desert 2013-08-07T22:01:43Z Once he comes down to earth, though, the movie does, too, with scenes of heavy destruction that quickly grow monotonous. Movie Review: Andrew Garfield Returns in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ 2014-05-01T12:00:02Z At first glance the results are slightly nondescript: a 250m-high concrete office building punctuated by a monotonous grid of square windows. Shenzhen stock exchange building: inside China's 'miniskirt' 2013-04-16T17:56:13Z While the film "begins with surprising elegance," Harper "seems less interested in allegory than in monotonous, conventional goosing, the kind that involves flickering lights and a creaky rocking chair." 'Woman in Black 2' haunted by horror cliches, reviews say 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z My daughter, her wide blue eyes as round as quarters, was captivated by the view: Verdant, peaceful and fairly monotonous, it was a perfect, if challenging, place to play I Spy. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The adventure would require several marathon drives, such as the monotonous 7½-hour stretch between Reno, Nev., and Salt Lake City, and the almost nine-hour slog from Denver to Kansas City, Mo. Perspective | Pro tips for planning a long-distance road trip 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Indeed, that famously bored, monotonous voice of hers can wring laughs out of some otherwise dull lines, such as: "When you have children your house smells very unpleasant all the time." Comedy gold – Jo Brand's Barely Live 2013-07-12T14:09:37Z The great problem with fatalism as a form of entertainment is that its monotone palette quickly turns monotonous unless it’s generously spiced with suspense and empathy. Review: In ‘Thérèse Raquin,’ Keira Knightley as a Baleful Adulteress 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Instead, the documentary repeats three monotonous points: Journalists lie. ‘Ithaka’ Review: In Julian Assange They Trust 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Trained in the US in the early 1950s, on a monotonous diet of Mies van der Rohe, he glimpsed the future and decided it wasn't for him. 'Architecture has become too mundane' 2013-05-15T06:58:36Z The dancers maintained sculptural tension throughout and moved with an unwavering dynamic urgency that soon grew monotonous. Dance Review: Martha Graham’s Company Offer Some of Her Greek Myth Dances 2014-03-20T23:13:59Z Much of it is a monotonous look at the bustle of urban life — with too many moments of amateur improvisation — and, like “Pursuit,” it’s better suited to the men. Dance Review: Juilliard Dance at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-12-14T23:58:27Z She identifies a youngish generation of writers, including Sam Lipsyte and Gary Shteyngart, who tend to proffer schlumpy guy characters rejected by women, failing in their monotonous jobs and obsessively insecure in their masculinity. Men in books 2012-06-30T14:00:00Z Though the mood shifted from ostentatiously playful to vaguely aggressive to ballroom romantic, the freeze and melt rhythms of Mr. Levy’s choreography grew monotonous, and the slinky transitions between stunts made little sense. Dance Review: Levydance Performs ?Romp? at Joyce SoHo 2012-02-21T22:41:24Z Under the midday sun the landscape can seem bleached and monotonous, but when the golden dusk catches the sunflowers, the setting is as sublime as Provence. Buffalo, the Pawnee and an Old Story on a Trip Across the Plains 2012-06-22T16:48:50Z The program ended on a monotonous note with Stephen Mills’s “Hush,” another exploration of the duet form, to music by Philip Glass. ABT Studio Company Offers ‘Le Corsaire’ Excerpts 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Together with three other performers, Monnet pays tribute to Duplessis in a production that has high points — including evocative choral and dance numbers — but feels overly linear, its text well-meaning yet monotonous. A French Festival Focuses (Timidly) on English 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The MuCEM, the Museum of the Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean, in Marseille: 'the glitter becomes monotonous'. Museum of the Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM) – review 2013-06-08T23:05:15Z Their company transforms monotonous bus rides into easy conversation: analyzing why none of us so much as scored a kiss from our high school prom dates, for example, is good for at least an hour. Old Friends, White Water and Roasted Ants in Colombia 2010-07-28T04:28:00Z A list format can become monotonous, though, and latter sections veer into formal invention, such as a dialogue with “the Voice,” a.k.a. ‘Quicksand’ review: A zany, and trying, tale of a man who can’t catch a break 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Wilson and Page bring some variety to what could have been monotonous roles, and an episode about Frank's attack on a jerk who cuts in line at a theater is worthy of Woody Allen. 'Super': A silly, skull-splitting way to save the day 2011-04-14T22:09:46Z Shukla is a little too enamored of his subject, so that political and bureaucratic details fade into a somewhat monotonous, stylized tale of man against world. ‘While We Watched’ Review: A Lament and a Battle Cry 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Tossed together, the result would be sloppy and monotonous. A Composed Salad Is a Meal Unto Itself 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z To some the idea of looking at galleries filled with nothing but canvases with spots on them sounds mind-numbingly monotonous. Damien Hirst?s Spot Paintings Will Fill All 11 Gagosians 2011-12-13T05:01:01Z After that the gradient is mild, but the road surface is heavy and the scenery monotonous. Crossing the Acheron: cycling Australia's Seven Peaks Ride 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z As for the alleged binge-watching, Ms. Robinson said that she and her colleague put on “Schitt’s Creek” in the background while they were working on a monotonous task in the office. Robert De Niro and Ex-Aide Take Each Other to Court Over Office Behavior 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z As to how he survived the monotonous, maddening, terrifying experience . . . well, no spoilers. Forget superheroes: True-life graphic novel “Hostage” defines bravery 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z What is forgotten, Gilbert suggests, is the uncomfortable fact that many peasant great-grandmothers ate “a monotonous and often dangerous diet.” The Allure of Imagined Meals 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z But the director, Tom Harper, seems less interested in allegory than in monotonous, conventional goosing, the kind that involves flickering lights and a creaky rocking chair. ‘The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death,’ by Tom Harper 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z “People are tired of the same old monotonous 10 reps, three sets all the time,” Burley said. Why now is the best time to jump-start your workout 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The food is rather monotonous: Lots of dal bhat, or lentil stew with rice, plus curries, pastas and soups, and not much meat or fruit. Trekking with the kids in Nepal 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The approach accords with Ward’s intent, but the shtick never varies in degree or timbre, becoming extremely monotonous. Review | Daring idea, but flawed e xecution, in ‘Day of Absence’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s somehow perverse that an artist this prime for discussion is given nothing but monotonous praise, while his work is treated as an afterthought. Review: ‘Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait’ Puts Praise Above Art 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z But it grew monotonous: The grooves often felt static, suggesting agitation without momentum. Music Review: Derrick Hodge and Aaron Parks at 92YTriBeCa - Review 2011-10-28T23:42:57Z Texas author Julia Heaberlin writes poetically about the geographic enormity of the Lone Star State, marveling at its “monotonous, beautiful solitude.” Review | An obsessed woman hits the road with the man who may have killed her sister 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z As for “The Big Book” as a whole, it can get a bit monotonous if read industriously — the same cloth sewn into one suit of clothes after another. More than 125 years after his last crime, Jack the Ripper remains a mystery 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z That’s an inspired touch, actually, but there’s little else to give variation to the somber tone of woe foretold in this well-acted but ultimately monotonous production. Theater Review: In ?The Broken Heart,? Tainted Love, Onstage at the Duke 2012-02-14T23:28:52Z Created jointly with Opera Philadelphia and Minnesota Opera, the production is monotonous, ugly and cliched. Review | Pared down and dumbed down, ‘Don Carlo’ still dazzles at the Kennedy Center 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z With almost no action — also like “The Designated Mourner,” the play proceeds as a lecture or reminiscence, with occasional illustrative scenelets — it depends entirely on delivery, which onstage became monotonous. From the Schlump With the Shiv, Two Plays Turned Podcasts 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Despite the monotonous landscape, she snaps a selfie against a backdrop of blurry green. An accessible-travel insider documents her trip on the world’s longest passenger train 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z She seems more like a college intern than a young lawyer with a sterling résumé, and in trying to preserve the secrets of her character she adopts a chipped delivery that grows monotonous. 'Race's' incendiary topic defused by Mamet's underwritten characters 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z They sang the song of summer’s ending, a sad, monotonous song. Change Is in the Air at the E. B. White Farm 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Ever since Marvel Studios kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Iron Man” in 2008, its billion-dollar brand of comic book blockbusters has tended to rely on a formula at once dependable and monotonous. The Spell ‘Doctor Strange’ Is Missing: Sam Raimi’s Macabre Vision 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The Rotten Tomatoes scores may insist that first is worse, but watching Fred Gwynne nail a Maine accent and spout cheesy dialogue is much more entertaining than this movie's monotonous series of lame jump scares. "Pet Sematary" stinks like a rotting corpse: Stay away and watch the original 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z These range from the Daily Express saying in 1928 that listeners felt women’s voices were monotonous to the Sunday Dispatch saying in 1945 that women were too emotive in their delivery. Terrified of public speaking? Start with what you really want to say 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z It's rich territory, enlivened by Neilson's surreal humour, but after nearly two hours this stream of open-ended shorts becomes monotonous. Narrative – review 2013-04-11T13:10:00Z Burgers made with the same ready-made imitation meats are increasingly dull and devoid of character, monotonous in texture and flavor, practically indistinguishable from one another. In Los Angeles, Veggie Burgers With Real Veggies Still Appeal 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z They also reveal hidden views and break up the monotonous look of a large, unbroken ceiling with the bonus of brightening the middle of the room. Advice for Renovating Your Home 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z A plate of crisp, salty, horseradish-spiked sauerkraut made from savoy cabbage was a little monotonous on its own. Vegetables With Benefits at ABCV 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z While the vignettes of choreography can become monotonous and even predictable, the rhythm of the music guides the dancers along, leading them into different realms. Review: Seven Dancers Step Into the Rhythm of a Moroccan Night 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The first Fieldrunners played more as a meal than as a snack, its lengthy, monotonous levels too unwieldy to enjoy between bus stops or while waiting in a checkout line. Video Game Reviews: Reviews: Thomas Was Alone, NCAA Football 13, The Secret World, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Fieldrunners 2, Dyad 2012-08-07T16:20:18Z But the choreography also had a wallpaper effect — ordered, handsome and monotonous. Moving to a Disco Beat, or the Clatter of Household Objects 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z His performance might profit from the addition of a few more varied notes — the downtrodden nature of the character is a tad monotonous — but there's something attractive about Anthony's somber goodness. John Patrick Shanley's 'Outside Mullingar' is just the thing for a happy cry 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Plus, two hours of squeezing my hands together before a night shift soon became monotonous. Perspective | A British bouncer tested home workouts from American fitness gurus. Here’s his pick. 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z When I listen to the artists on the radio right now, it’s very monotonous. Musician Christylez Bacon stays ahead of the beat 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Even so, “Boone” is slightly monotonous, and familiarity may be one cause. Review: Lovingly Tending the Livestock in ‘Boone’ 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z This trajectory corresponds to a human passage from life, to death, to life, in an endless, but by no means monotonous, recycling. Art Review: ?African Innovations? at Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-09-01T12:00:00Z It was not monotonous, but it was black and white. The Story of a Production That Changed the Metropolitan Opera 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The monotonous push and pull of the choreography grew tedious, as did the repetitive footwork that seemed to live by a rule: when in doubt, add an échappé. Kathryn Posin’s Bulgarian Program 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z In a private meeting, Hu Jintao reads from stacks of prepared papers, so monotonous that Obama considers suggesting “that we could save each other time by just exchanging papers and reading them at our leisure.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The rain forests episode closes with an aerial image of the wild Amazon tree canopy butting up against a homogeneous sea of agricultural palms, as sterile and monotonous as a computer-generated pattern. Watching ‘Our Planet,’ Where the Predator Is Us 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Howard exudes the languor of a jaded Tennessee Williams heroine on morphine, an approach that starts off compelling but ultimately turns monotonous. Review: David Mamet’s ‘Ghost Stories,’ Bedtime Tales With a Gunshot 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Her cottage was appointed in bright, saturated colors that leapt out from the monotonous backdrop of the Irish sky with the surreal quality of a pop-up book. Sinead O’Connor Remembers Things Differently 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z The monotonous music — piano, then techno, then violin and cello — doesn’t help. ‘Wild Grass,’ by Beijing Dance Theater, at Next Wave 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Although this sampler is remarkably smooth at segueing between the unrelated, the continual need to start over takes a toll, and a procession of showstoppers gets monotonous. American Dance Machine Troupe Debuts 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Employing mysticism and grounded imagery, she pays close attention to every detail: the “cosmic monotonous song of the cicada,” “the flowering sea,” “the body of the earth/humming ceaselessly.” Poems of Exile, Introspection and Self-Discovery (Cicadas, Too) 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z A second review from The New York Times called the book "repetitive and monotonous," as well as, curiously, "too short" to properly flesh out its character ensemble. 15 things you might not know about "Catch-22" 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Witherspoon is a fine actress who, here, never seems to cut loose—either from the overly limiting script or from Vallée’s monotonous direction. “Wild”: Mild 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z This movie ultimately cares more about monotonous shootouts than making points about border relations. ‘The Forever Purge’ Review: Anarchy Ever After 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z A show can successfully revolve around one man, but a flawless winning streak gets monotonous, especially when we’re made to believe that Frank doesn’t get lucky, that he’s really always two steps ahead. ‘House of Cards’ Season 2: More delicious ruthlessness 2014-02-11T21:21:09Z To break up this monotonous account of the Earlys’ marriage, Ms. Smiley inserts lots of references to world events. Books of The Times: In Jane Smiley?s ?Private Life,? a Marriage With No Sparks 2010-05-24T21:21:00Z Time-loop stories are having a moment right now, often as a way for a depressed character to ask themselves, “Is my life just monotonous repetition?” How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z “Actual Size” transforms itself so frequently that it risks becoming monotonous. 'Actual Size,' Sally Silvers’s Work at Roulette 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Gough provided a convincing portrait of a textbook depressive in London, which made sense but also felt monotonous. Review: An ‘Angels in America’ That Soars on the Breath of Life 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Most of the texts are monotonous in rhythm, the heavy repetitions and citations rumbling like trucks in the night. The Perfect Children of ISIS: Lessons from Dabiq 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z A monotonous fight on a train is only redeemed by a Looney Tunes escape from derailment. ‘Pathaan’ Review: Fighting the Good (and Long) Fight 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It was hard to hear her over the monotonous drone of the oxygen’s compressor. “We can’t let them win”: Passover is more than a holiday — it’s a call to arms against oppression 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z As Drew, Mr. Blatz puts on a monotonous but fairly credible tough front, bottling up emotion and building to a disarming emotional release after a particularly punishing run. ‘4 Minute Mile,’ Charles-Olivier Michaud’s Track Drama 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The film’s self-seriousness is as oppressive as its setting’s monotonous fog. ‘Antlers’ Review: Buck Wild 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z These too-short interludes of the Black Widow grappling with a difficult love interest modestly humanize the movie, which helps a bit with both its rhythm and scale, making it less of a monotonous special-effects blowout. Review: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Gets the Superband Back Together 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Her coordination was also a relief in “Contested Space,” Mr. Byrd’s monotonous arrangement of solos and pas de deux set to music by the Brazilian electronic composer Amon Tobin. Dance Review: Dance Theater of Harlem II at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-08T22:51:28Z If anyone deserves the description “monotonous” and “chilling”, it is these hyper-entitled, narrow minds and their view of everyone who does not look or behave as they do. Go, Greta. Autism is my superpower too | Jack Monroe 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s a setup more often found in documentaries, and often maligned as monotonous, simplistic or hopelessly television minded. A Single Voice, a Single Face, a Single Story 2011-08-06T20:13:02Z It would look gorgeous in a Hamptons house, but these panels are simultaneously a little distracting and monotonous. Theater Review: ‘The Jungle Book’ Opens at the Goodman Theater 2013-08-06T20:35:47Z When the scripts were bad, the resulting films could indeed be monotonous. Damiano Damiani obituary 2013-03-10T13:15:01Z The show’s cynical and morbid components are more persuasive, if a tad monotonous. Review: Chita Rivera Stars in Kander and Ebb’s ‘The Visit’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z This book has a flat tone that at times grows monotonous. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z A strong contender for laziest mob movie ever made, the Boston-set Italian mafia tale "By the Gun" proves that what was once thrillingly exotic and coolly dangerous about gangster films is now hopelessly monotonous. Mob movie 'By the Gun' misses its mark 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Our fish stocks are heading for collapse while our dredgers are churning up the seabed, turning complex marine habitats into monotonous expanses of shifting gravel, sand and mud. Callum Roberts: if seas are to survive, we need a New Deal for the Oceans 2012-06-02T23:05:35Z What they were keen on was to not let the performance become really boring, because when you’ve got that kind of monotonous, very plain delivery, it can end up being just a bit repetitive. ‘Game of Thrones’: Isaac Hempstead Wright on Bran’s Powers and Ties to the Night King 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Pressured to start taking piano lessons at 8 years old, he found repeating scales monotonous but later credited the exercises with sharpening his playing and making it seem more casual. Irving Fields, Composer Who Infused Songs With Latin Rhythms, Dies at 101 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The staging was brilliant in avoiding the claustrophobic, monotonous ship-board look of many other space shows. Love astronaut-themed science fiction? Seattle Times staffers name their favorite books, movies and TV shows of that genre. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Even its own composer has an ambivalent-at-best relationship to its existence and has repeatedly compared its monotonous melody to a “dentist’s drill” and “a droning mosquito.” Even Billy Joel Mocked ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ I Loved It. 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Cheap sustenance and hits of flavor for the long, monotonous days onboard. HBO's "Last Cruise" doc of that fateful quarantined cruise ship is a harrowing metaphor for inequity 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z It’s supposed to sound glamorous, but doesn’t it also seem, well, monotonous? New Music: Albums by Pitbull, Keyshia Cole and Kurt Rosenwinkel 2012-11-19T22:50:42Z Ms. Rohrwacher’s gentle expressiveness is flattened by a role requiring a monotonous strain of suspicion and mental imbalance. Review: ‘Hungry Hearts,’ a Drama About Love and Obsession 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z To their credit, the cast showed remarkable cohesion — and things never got monotonous — over the duration of a very chatty show, set in a single location. Review: A Star Director Takes a Back Seat in ‘The Seagull’ 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White heard the phrase “We didn’t know!” with such “monotonous frequency” that it sounded “like a kind of national chant for Germany.” Rubble and Repression: An Intimate Look at Germany in the Decade After Hitler 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z They form a band, but worry that their songs are monotonous: “They can’t all be about alerting other birds to nearby food sources.” After a Climate Catastrophe, These Birds Flocked to the Moon 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But there's so little variety in these transactions that the movie threatens to become monotonous. 'The Ambassador': Director goes undercover in Africa 2012-09-06T20:24:09Z Yet it has such vivid diversity of presentation that it never seems monotonous. Let’s Play ‘Underground Railroad Game’: A Lacerating Comedy on Race 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z When he carries on alone, speaking to God, questioning and suffering at great, monotonous length, his weakness becomes tedious, as does the film. Review: Questions and Prayers Go Unanswered in Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The two selections by Philip Glass are beautiful in that somewhat monotonous Glassian way. 'Never Givin' Up' recites MLK's 'Letter' to call for justice 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z That monotonous office grind, where the days blend together, mirrors the stressful sameness of staying indoors each day. Here’s why we’re bingeing ‘The Office’ during the pandemic 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Haas calls “Anachronism” monotonous, with obvious affection, and it is indeed a monotony of a catchy, invigorating sort. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW Plays at Vienna: City of Dreams Festival 2014-03-04T20:25:35Z American filmmaker David Gordon Green was honored as best director for "Prince Avalanche," a movie about two road workers whiling their way through a long, monotonous summer with little more than each other for company. Romanian movie `Child's Pose' wins at Berlin fest 2013-02-17T00:01:04Z They may work well enough on the radio or in concert but, conscripted for theatrical service, grow quickly monotonous. Review: ‘Escape to Margaritaville,’ Where Work Is a Dirty Word 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z On “Second Opinion,” Warfield, now on soprano sax, parlayed the audience’s palpable intrigue into a halting, inquisitive line, slightly monotonous but mesmerizingly so. Review | George Burton takes the audience on a wild ride 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z My only outstanding memory that might be of any interest is that the night I went, Uta Hagen was monotonous and obvious and Arthur Hill was terrific. ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ Returns for an Anniversary 2012-09-29T23:00:21Z His intensity doesn’t mean the album is monotonous. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Third, this segregation results in galleries of academic 19th-century American art that are predictable and monotonous, effectively deadening the works on view and shortchanging the viewer. American Folk vs. Academic Art 2013-01-31T13:00:00Z But Super Rich Kids, with its monotonous piano chord verses overlaid by a droning rap from Earl Sweatshirt, precisely projects the emptiness of a life stuffed with money but wanting for 'real love'. Great Gatsby and Channel Orange – the perfect soundtrack 2013-05-30T03:11:38Z In this way, both player and protagonist share—from the first shoots of attraction to the monotonous routine of a long-term relationship—a sense of inevitability. The Best Video Games of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Troost endured appalling heat, water shortages, erratic electricity, a monotonous diet of fish and countless feral dogs — all of which he came to accept. Review | This summer: Audiobooks that make you feel like you’re on a vacation 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Or they may end up a headache: monotonous, with too much light swarming through those huge glazed walls. Review: A New Whitney Lets New York City Pour In 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Dynamics — usually punchy for soloists, soft for female ensembles — tend to be monotonous. Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker,’ at Boston Opera House 2012-12-31T23:32:32Z It might be redundant, ridiculous, monotonous and only fitfully entertaining, but it’s over blessedly quick. Review | ‘The Great Wall’ isn’t that great after all 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z When Thanksgiving is around the corner and you're trying to peel apples for stuffing, pies, and even a beautiful roast turkey, it can become a monotonous, time-consuming task and frankly, who has the time? How to peel an apple in 3 seconds 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z They’re forceful, monotonous and resilient in the way that they never seem to end. Dance Review: The Movements Between the Notes 2011-05-26T21:41:08Z When irked cellist Natalie Holt strolled out between a pair of monotonous opera singers and started gleefully flinging eggs at Simon Cowell, it wasn't just the defining moment of this year's show. The Britain's Got Talent final and five more classic live TV disasters 2013-06-10T09:58:37Z It gets monotonous until somebody messes up, and that's what we love because it keeps it fresh. A heart to heart with Cuba Gooding Jr.: The film he really wants to make and why it’s not about... 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z 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 He repeats this in a continual, almost monotonous loop: steal car, rob bank, escape. | 'The Robber': A Thief With Less Need for a Getaway Car 2011-04-28T23:18:24Z Around the world, people are choosing “active commutes” over sedentary, monotonous and often frustrating battles with the rush-hour masses. Global Athlete: Hitting the Road to Get to Work, and Back 2011-10-07T15:39:07Z On the other hand, letting that be the end of the conversation allows patriarchy to run amok defining "sexual freedom" as a monotonous performance for the male gaze that perpetuates gender inequality. Britney Spears is a cautionary tale of pornification 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The strange fate of Olympic opening ceremonies is that they inevitably segue into the visually monotonous parade of nations, two hours of waves, hideous national costumes and rampant selfie taking. Even on NBC, Rio’s Colors Can’t Be Airbrushed Out 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z It is so stylistically severe and monotonous that its ultimate effect is orthodox and close minded. Hold That Obit; MoMA?s Not Dead 2010-12-30T16:49:20Z Driving in Namibia is not for the easily distracted: A high tolerance for monotonous roads and an ability to focus as an uninterrupted terra-cotta canvas unfurls around you is imperative. 7 Days, 1,500 Miles in Namibia 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Standard American is a little more monotonous, and the way you guys pronounce your vowels slightly differently, it’s just a harder accent. Q&A: The Brass Teapot‘s Juno Temple Talks Indie Movies and Black Magic 2013-04-05T15:36:30Z She warns moviegoers, "Unless you're aching to see Sean Penn's impressively chiseled pecs and abs — which he shows off early and often — give this monotonous thriller a pass." 'The Gunman': Sean Penn action flick is off target, reviews say 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Furtwängler often criticized what he called an “American” manner of orchestral playing—soulless, machinelike, monotonous. The Disquieting Power of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hitler’s Court Conductor 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z But over time, as the dancers continued playing their bodies like instruments — smacking and striking the floor with their feet, hopping and skipping — the scene become increasingly monotonous. Review: Sensation and Skin, in a Theater Housed in Bodies 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The pacing in the first few scenes could slow so the beauty of the language and characters don’t get lost in a monotonous tread. ‘Fat Ham’ Review: Dismantling Shakespeare to Liberate a Gay Black ‘Hamlet’ 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “I sort of have a monotonous voice,” Noonan tells me when I meet the film’s makers in Venice. Charlie Kaufman on weirdness, failure and his new puppet noir 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Visually flat, tonally monotonous and convoluted for the sake of being convoluted, it was genuinely painful to watch. How the return of House of Cards is both a blessing and a curse 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The group’s hypnotically mellow vibe, redolent of late Beatles and maybe the funkier Grateful Dead, gradually became a little monotonous. Critic’s Notebook: Make-Believe at Geffen Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse 2012-12-19T23:07:37Z Traffic is picking up on the I-5, its monotonous buzz cutting through the music inside the limo. 'Hopscotch,' dubbed the 'asphalt opera,' hits the streets of L.A. 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z After strapping on his gear, he reported for duty by 6:00 a.m. sharp, taking his position in the guard tower, where he would continue standing for twelve monotonous hours in the unforgiving Iraqi heat. War’s toxic legacy: Iraq, the burn pits & the tragedy the military needs to be held accountable for 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z So much of the dialogue accordingly assumes a Q.-and-A. format, which becomes a tad monotonous. Theater Review: Adam Rapp’s ‘Through the Yellow Hour,’ at Rattlestick 2012-09-28T02:00:00Z Yet if the monotonous motion feels like torture, well, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. A machine that used to be considered punishment is now a $1.4 billion fitness industry 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z A theater of images becomes monotonous when lacking the conviction of a guiding vision. 'An Invasion of Decency!': A wild pop-up performance in search of meaning 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s this principle that underlies the monotonous, hammy emphasis of all of Mr. Grigorovich’s stagings, not least his “Swan Lake.” Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake,’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z But it is also monotonous to the eye. 'Mars Needs Moms': You may want a hug after all the falling 2011-03-10T02:19:57Z When I hear people extol the virtue of chicken thighs or declare chicken breasts to be monotonous or dull, my love for a well-seasoned and well-cooked breast is only further crystallized. Think chicken breasts are boring? You're probably cooking them wrong 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z From the outside, both Kay and Arnold’s home life and their jobs seem perfectly normal, if bordering on monotonous. Movie Review: ‘Hope Springs,’ With Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones 2012-08-08T11:57:56Z “I prefer an intense and short life to a monotonous, long one,” Maurice wrote. They Loved Volcanoes and Each Other 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z “My days had been uneventful, tranquil, and monotonous,” he laments. Review | In ‘The Heart and Other Viscera,’ Félix J. Palma turns mundane moments into spellbinding tales 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “Squaring the Circle” is slick and enjoyable enough, but it is also, like the company it chronicles, something of a boutique item, and the reminiscences grow faintly monotonous after a while. ‘Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)’ Review: Indelible Images by Design 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Eilish’s songs are actually miniature sonic fun houses, anything but drab or monotonous, with playful melodies, meticulously varied instrumentation and a theatrical spectrum of attitudes, from taunting to suicidal. Pop Music in 2019: An Escape From Isolation? 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The problem, with the recorded and live versions, is that the arrangements are decidedly monotonous, reducing most of the songs to slow-paced dirges devoid of dynamism or urgency. Gabriel's orchestral show slowly builds momentum 2010-05-05T01:55:00Z Pete’s move to the monotonous, flat shores of Lake Erie left him with similar yearnings. Backcountry skiing brings avalanche safety to the forefront 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The actual process of farming in the game is, depending on your persuasion, either meditative or monotonous. My virtual life as a jam maker in "Stardew Valley," where small-batch food takes down Big Business 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s beginning to feel not just monotonous, but like its own form of toxicity. In the battle against toxic masculinity on screen, is revenge our only option? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z “How do I stretch out a dance form that could potentially be monotonous?” he said. Sergio Trujillo Realizes His Dream of Salsa on Broadway 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Its icy winters and blazing summers unfold under a huge and monotonous sky. Shooting Angels by Christopher Hope ? review 2011-08-26T21:55:01Z The counterbalance of taut and loose generates the monotonous motor of this dance machine. Dance Review: Armitage Gone! Dance at New York Live Arts 2013-02-03T22:20:41Z While life in the camp is bleak and monotonous, refugees say Bangladesh offers relative freedom compared with the apartheid-like conditions they endured in northern Rakhine. In exile in Bangladesh, a bittersweet revival of Rohingya culture 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,” Rachel Joyce’s first novel, contrives a way to shake him out of his monotonous life and send him on a voyage of self-discovery. Books of The Times: ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,’ by Rachel Joyce 2012-07-29T21:26:22Z Even the stylish re-creations turn monotonous, which renders "The Nightmare" a thin mood piece at best. 'The Nightmare' seems more thin mood piece than documentary For someone used to watching Western styles, the raï dances and other North African styles might seem monotonous. From Her Algerian Family’s Living Room to the Dance Stage 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The world around us is bleak as it is, and let's be honest, we all found out during the pandemic just how monotonous cooking can be. An enamel butter warmer is the not-so-frivolous luxury I want for fall 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z What’s justified or necessary from a historical standpoint, though, can get monotonous in dramatic terms when it’s presented in ham-handed and obvious ways. Review: ‘Warrior,’ Pitched by Bruce Lee and Made by Cinemax 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z “Band of Sisters” is a sweeping but disorganized and sometimes monotonous exploration of the evolution of left-of-center Roman Catholic sisters in the United States since the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. Movie Review: ‘Band of Sisters’ Portrays Activism by Nuns 2014-01-16T23:50:13Z But hardly anything is formally or technically startling, and there’s a monotonous sameness to the fictionalized realism running throughout. Art Review: ‘The American West in Bronze’ at the Met 2013-12-19T22:56:12Z The problem, he claims, is that ordinary athletes are crippled by their monotonous training routines. CrossFit mirrors American militarism 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z Alberto Burri’s prescient paintings — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. Alberto Burri, a Man of Steel, and Burlap 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z "We go through this every so often and, believe me, it gets monotonous. Don't take this personally, but we're private." What is it like to be the brother of Robert Kennedy’s assassin? The life of the other Sirhan. 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Turkey-leg enchiladas with hazelnut mole, on the other hand, grew monotonous after a few bites, despite the welcome murmur of chili heat. Water view, mouthwatering menu on Eastlake 2011-07-14T19:28:04Z And after a turn or two of the square spiral of ramps, their glitter becomes monotonous, and I find myself heading to the escape stairs, to get a quicker way out. Museum of the Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM) – review 2013-06-08T23:05:15Z The multinational working-classes undertook this monotonous, exhausting, degrading and dangerous work on a diet mainly of potatoes, porridge and bread, and tea made from little more than the dust of tea leaves. The People's History Museum provides pieces of a global jigsaw 2010-12-04T10:59:00Z Though it’s tasty, traditional German food can get monotonous. German cuisine is a treat for travelers 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The past few years have witnessed some welcome cracks in the monotonous conventional wisdom, with the success of such hits as “Hidden Figures,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “Wonder Woman” and “Black Panther.” Perspective | This summer showed us that all kinds of movies can become hits on their own terms 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “The voice is knife-thin like the man — nasal, monotonous, and irritable as a spoilt child’s.” Review | At 85, John le Carré emerges with a sequel to ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’ 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The action may be repetitious and monotonous, but it's also fun. Game On: 'Dungeon Siege III' offers comfort; 'Green Lantern' dim 2011-06-29T19:30:07Z Lerkaram, 33, a college buddy of Reusing’s, left a monotonous information technology career to join Reusing’s new enterprise. How a new sausagemaker lives up to a Polish neighborhood’s standards 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z “After spending so much money, after a while it gets monotonous,” he said. Music: A Rapper?s Long Battle to Go It Alone 2010-07-02T18:28:00Z Ms. Wever gives a blunt, monotonous performance as the strident Molly. Theater Review | 'The Female of the Species': She?s So Under the Gun, She Can?t Leave Her Desk 2010-03-01T05:40:00Z The meter of the words, images and movement is generally presto but monotonous. Dance Review | Alex Escalante: Babble on? Babylon? Next Question, Please 2010-02-19T23:46:00Z At the interview I was asked not whether, but how much I enjoy repetitive, monotonous tasks. Teaching a robot to do my job (and grimly cheering my obsolescence) | Ellen Wengert 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The penniless matriarch in Mona Mansour’s monotonous black comedy, “The Way West,” a Labyrinth Theater Company production at the Bank Street Theater, definitely falls into the delusional category. Review: ‘The Way West’ Features a Cheerfully Defiant Plunge Into Financial Ruin 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Worse, the game is monotonous and poorly paced. Destiny Is a New Shooter Game From Activision and Bungie 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z "Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring," said Simone Weil. Arbitrage's villain takes advantage – why do we love it? 2013-03-04T13:07:12Z Another theme that emerged was the women's experience of the monotonous, unchanging menus of the prison kitchen. Prison food: what we learned from organizing food-themed art workshops for women prisoners 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z That can get monotonous, but at its best, New Directors offers enduring proof of cinematic life beyond the corporate bottom line: The festival’s commitment to film art is a galvanizing article of faith. At New Directors/New Films, See the World Through Perceptive Filmmakers’ Eyes 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z According to the New York Times review, Damiani managed "to make sensation, blood, sex and suspense become a monotonous way of life". Damiano Damiani obituary 2013-03-10T13:15:01Z The film’s misguided flatness is perhaps its fatal flaw, not so much deadpan or existential as just monotonous. ‘Wrong’: Where, oh where did comedy go right? 2013-04-04T22:15:44Z I think I might have tittered at some of the hotels jokes you told when you stepped away from the monotonous letters to do more stand-up, but I doubt anyone heard me. What would a theater critic write to the creator of 'Letters From a Nut'? Well, let's start with ... 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Separately the dances are monotonous enough; placing them side by side only emphasizes their uniformity. Review: Complexions Contemporary Ballet Recycles With ‘Chronicle’ 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z And soon I found myself trudging along the shoulder of the small highway with cars flying past — and missing the monotonous near-silence of the forest. A Walk From Vienna to Budapest 2010-05-22T02:41:00Z These references resurface in a short film on gallery view shot at Johnson’s home in Bridgehampton that captures some of the monotonous, surreal, fearful, mundane qualities of quarantine life. In Rashid Johnson’s Mosaics, Broken Lives Pieced Together 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Everything was as monotonous as a screen saver, until the hosts began talking about persecution. Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z I really wanted to like the game, but it is monotonous. Destiny Is a New Shooter Game From Activision and Bungie 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z If your days are feeling monotonous, you might find entertainment and variety in this flurry of new books about subjects that span the globe. 13 New Books to Watch For in January 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Despite the high stakes of the story and the frequent violence, the tone is placid and slightly monotonous, as if we were watching the Walton family at the end of the world. Television Review: It?s Might Versus Right Versus Space Monster 2011-06-16T22:15:15Z The deeper the topic — heartbreak, marriage, career struggles — the more monotonous the telling. This Book of Essays by the Head Writer of ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Is Hilarious 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z If the entire movie was one big drunkfest, though, it would be a little monotonous and redundant. Review: `21 & Over' an all-night rager 2013-02-28T18:44:09Z Harris, as Derick, gives his all to a script that requires him to spill his guts about his feelings with impossible frequency, and after a while his cringings and outpourings become monotonous. Review: 'The Cut' at Open Circle Theater delivers little pleasure with its close shaves 2011-01-20T23:40:05Z They would hence arbitrate disputes between subordinates with monotonous fairness. Why wait 30 years for robot CEO’s? 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s a metaphor, I suppose, for the monotonous grind of the job. Theater Review: David Foster Wallace Inspires Piece at Chocolate Factory 2012-03-25T21:57:25Z “Reality Hunger” was subtitled “a manifesto,” and this follow-up is in the same hectoring monotonous vein. ‘How Literature Saved My Life’: big questions on truth, fiction and the information stream 2013-02-07T21:51:39Z Who knew the end of civilization as we knew it would be so monotonous? 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z It also gets a bit monotonous, since the action remains too cartoonish to command much emotional involvement. DVDs: The Devil Inside and the Demon in Disguise 2010-10-23T05:00:00Z The band Woods offered amiable, falsetto-voiced pastoral pop that settled into one monotonous tempo, until finally breaking free on the final song. Wolf gang grins, but doesn't flinch 2011-07-17T23:23:00Z Watching the men talk—there are just four now, and they visually appear to be pastily interchangeable—was rather monotonous, a blur of royal blue and splashy crimson and dark gray suiting. A calmer, cuddlier, and way more horrifying GOP takes the stage for the CNN debates 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The movie itself merits more of a thumb wriggling horizontally, nudging upward for its precise detail and gorgeous landscapes but downward for its somewhat hollow characters and their admirable but monotonous sense of honor. Capsule reviews: 'Justin Bieber,' 'Cedar Rapids' 2011-02-11T12:37:23Z As she is ordering, the person on the other end is heard responding to her order requests with a monotonous tone that sounds more robot than human. Wendy's employee goes viral for unique voice: 'Thought he was a recorded voice' 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z She got a bad note when she was playing Fosca in “Passion” at Lincoln Center; Mr. Sondheim berated her about her enunciation, saying all he heard was “monotonous mush.” Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z The "Shadows" was a dreary, monotonous epitaph for what had become establishment conventions — in both art and popular culture. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z A student in South Africa who was studying my first novel, “Absolution”, wrote to tell me it was “monotonous” and implored me to “make a YouTube Channel” to explain it. Life of an author on the internet: “Someone on Goodreads took the time to write out ‘Meh’ as their whole review” 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z With even a little pep, any one of them could have upstaged the lead players, who are monotonous throughout. Review: 'Your Highness' drowns in lowbrow humor 2011-04-06T19:07:08Z The National is surprisingly polarizing, with naysayers writing off Berninger's vocals as monotonous. Matt Berninger, king of melancholy music, is doing just fine 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “It can be monotonous eating the same thing over and over again, but as time goes by you start to crave it.” They mock vegans and eat 4lbs of steak a day: meet 'carnivore dieters' 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z But the lack of actual interaction and the unrelieved ticktock structure eventually grow monotonous. Review: 4 Characters in Search of a Big Moment in ‘A Day’ 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z "They’re simple and not enfiladed, so the progression from one to another never feels monotonous. You always pass through a connective space with natural light." Frank Gehry's Masterful Fondation Louis Vuitton Debuts in Paris 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z He fed, not by sucking blood, but by sucking the life out of others through droning on in a monotonous voice, bringing up inane subjects and just in general, being a bore. The best child on TV is on "What We Do in the Shadows" 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Life was a monotonous routine dominated by work and fitting in the odd bit of fun around it – my job was no longer fun. I quit my boring job for university at 30. The expense was daunting, but my self-worth soared 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z An entire lifetime, in all its rushing and monotonous variety, is telescoped into a breathless 15 minutes in Samuel Beckett’s primal cry of a monologue, delivered by a disembodied mouth. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z The self-pity is monotonous; endless disappointments with men, a quest for perfection, the boring details of the hyper-grooming, the classic ambivalence towards femininity itself. Girl Least Likely To: 30 Years of Fashion, Fasting and Fleet Street by Liz Jones – review 2013-07-10T14:00:01Z Although it sometimes turns a bit monotonous, and, by the end, morbid, the show gives evidence of Western art’s not entirely healthy obsession with realism, as well as the resurgence of sculpture in recent decades. Real, or Too Real? A Dazzling Show Goes the Way of All Flesh 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Though the peculiar line readings sometimes turn monotonous, he snaps out of it, erupting into a surprising fit of mania. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The cicadas droned in the trees, their monotonous buzz somehow adding to the heat. Modern Love: A Love for the Ages, but Which One? 2011-05-12T21:31:23Z Running less than 10 minutes apiece, these installments are well suited to busy schedules, and Malik’s deliberately calm, almost monotonous delivery makes for a uniquely soothing listening experience. 6 Podcasts for Reflection and Restoration 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Though everybody loves a good party — especially a good badly behaved party — watching two hours of other people’s revelry can grow monotonous. Review: ‘The Wild Party,’ With Sutton Foster as a Louche Jazz Baby 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z And the non-Bee Gees songs do a good job of varying the movie's tempo just enough so it doesn't get monotonous. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z But when Moscow menus get monotonous, head to the Dorogomilovsky Market. | Explorer: Unforgettable Foods, from Austrian Apricots to Parisian Butter 2011-09-30T19:03:18Z You may only be reimbursed a fraction of your out-of-pocket costs, and filing for reimbursements is monotonous work. Perspective | Medical reimbursements don’t have to be a hassle. Use this simple system to get organized. 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Pianists have the works of Bach, Chopin and Scriabin to challenge them; accordion players are saddled with requests for “Lady of Spain” and the monotonous oompah oompah of the polka. Showing Off the Accordion’s Hip Side 2013-06-26T21:57:23Z It is also better than the play itself, which is divided in three discursive sections and goes on and on in increasingly monotonous circles. Direct from Edinburgh: Theaters Are Closed, but a ‘Zoo’ Is Open 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z An hour or two each week grappling with wood planks or mixing batter can leaven a long and monotonous school day. To prepare kids for the future, bring back shop and home ec | Pamela Paul 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Unluckily, counting and rolling coins is a monotonous task. How Do I Turn Change into Cash at a Bank? 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z To imagine why these issues arise, picture yourself in a tin can with a small crew, a deadly environment outside, a monotonous schedule, an unnatural daytime-nighttime cycle and mission controllers constantly on your case. Why We’ll Never Live in Space 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z “Great feedback,” Shetty says, after a monotonous two hours have passed. Jay Shetty went from monk to celebrity life coach. Just don't call him a 'guru' 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z One house had wallpaper depicting a lush green landscape, a stark contrast to the monotonous sandscape outside. An abandoned desert village an hour from Dubai offers a glimpse at the UAE’s hardscrabble past 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, much of today’s synthesized, monotonous, cookie-cutter and somewhat vapid music will be lucky to last a year, maybe 10, but certainly not 60 years or more, as is the case with Bennett’s repertoire. Reader letters: Memories of the Roxy and the debate over 'Sound of Freedom' 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z A lorry driver vulnerable to falling asleep "in monotonous situations" has been jailed for seven years for causing an off-duty police officer's death. Roxwell: Lorry driver with sleep issues jailed over PC's death 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z It was always likely that England would be chasing a target by the close, but the way the match reached that point was surreal, monotonous and theatrical in equal measure. England battling to avoid defeat by Australia 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “I understand that it’s not just one hanging there — one flies by, and then a few more follow. And that noise, it becomes this long, monotonous hum of a drone.” Visually impaired people in Ukraine struggle to cope during Russian missile attacks 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z In point of extravagance and notoriety, the most celebrated of the feasts was that arranged by Tigellinus; which I shall describe as a type, instead of narrating time and again the monotonous tale of prodigality. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z By spending players can "avoid the grind" - where making an in-game purchase means you avoid hours of monotonous gaming to progress to another level. How computer games encourage kids to spend cash 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The colonists’ diets were monotonous, with a heavy emphasis on pulses, but a sense of shared purpose electrified the air. The ghosts of California's most utopian experiments live in the remains of communes 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The severe rules and the prospect of a monotonous lifestyle in Riyadh often make potential expats reluctant to move. The country where bankers’ pay is booming: Saudi Arabia 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z "It's atmospheric and beautifully done, although it can get monotonous: the full drum kit and distorted guitar that kick in on Curtains are curiously jolting." Subtract: Ed Sheeran album praised by critics hours after copyright ruling 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Then there's Sanders' terrifically embarrassing Instagram hype videos, featuring her pitched-down monotonous voice atop what sounds like a electronic dance track from the most painfully sober club you've never been to. How Sarah Huckabee Sanders “stomped” Arkansas' poorest during the “worst session ever” 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Nelson has a monotonous, boring delivery with little of interest to keep us Dodger fans tuned in. Letters to Sports: Curses! Clippers fans are fed up with failure 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Busy days and weeks filled with lots of novel and exciting events are typically remembered as longer than more monotonous ones where nothing noteworthy happens. Did Time Tick Slower for a Woman Who Spent 500 Days Alone in a Cave? 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z It’s a characterization that, at least here, becomes monotonous without being fully revealing. Review | At Studio Theatre, Lynn Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s’ serves up hope and humor 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z When adults reduce recess time in order for kids to spend more time sitting at desks with scripted lessons, learning becomes monotonous and kids check out, resulting in a loss of learning. Recess is a critical part of a child’s education 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The monotonous pacing is intercut with disturbing images and unsettling sequences. New movies to stream this week: ‘Pamela, a Love Story’ and more 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z As monotonous as it was, it wasn’t even a record. Questioned on Biden documents, his press secretary has only one answer 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It’s a feat of endurance, a treacherous tour of the wild South’s many dangers and nuisances, and an exhausting, sometimes monotonous gauntlet. A Mississippi River journey by kayak brings lessons in history, friendship and life 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z He described the long journey coming back as a strenuous process that got monotonous at times. QB Gronowski goes from torn ACL to another FCS title shot 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “Because ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ takes place almost entirely in the same hotel room over the course of several weeks, it could easily feel stagy or monotonous or cramped. The 33 movies we loved in 2022 — and where to watch them 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Some say their days are ruled by rigid hierarchies and involve monotonous chores. China’s Young Elite Clamber for Government Jobs. Some Come to Regret It. 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z He went on to describe a heaven that is not, as he put it, “monotonous and ultimately unbearable.” Benedict XVI, First Modern Pope to Resign, Dies at 95 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z SpaceX launches and landings, once bordering on magic, have become predictable, if not monotonous. 31 Hours Inside SpaceX Mission Control 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z In the other, he would hear a monotonous voice repeatedly blasting from a loudspeaker, “Come down to get tested for Covid.” Traumatized by Covid, but Ruled by a Party That Never Apologizes 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Political analysts had various reactions, from suggesting Mr. Putin had no future vision to offer, to the idea that he was finding some of his customs monotonous. Putin Skips Annual News Conference, Avoiding Possible Questions on War 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Consider that comedy club food is typically similarly monotonous — a domain ruled by washed-out nachos, uninspired chicken tenders, Sysco-driven quesadillas and the stank of dirty fryer oil. Come for the halo-halo, stay for the ha-ha-ha 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z After a monotonous start, some marshals now sing or chant their instructions to fans. Singing street marshals are Qatar World Cup’s surprise stars 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z On the screen: a monotonous succession of identical forms, each bearing the imprint of an individual voter. Inside a ‘wild’ New Hampshire recount with the state House at stake 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z But she says she found it monotonous, dull and uninspiring. 'I have worked from home in 78 different countries' 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Though he might have found the most recent hearing a “monotonous rehash,” millions of observers thought the telling of the plot to overthrow the government quite important. Opinion | The sad state of American democracy 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z It is a stressful, monotonous job that keeps people away from home for days on end. The Long Road to Driverless Trucks 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Some of the residents said that food deliveries had been reduced to a monotonous diet of rice, naan or instant noodles. Just Bread and Noodles: China’s Covid Lockdown Distress Hits Xinjiang 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s a great mix that keeps things from getting even close to monotonous. Splatoon remains the most playful and stylish shooter around in third outing 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z But driving was never monotonous; we were told by just about every Newfoundlander we met to be always alert for adventure: “Watch out for potholes and moose!” In Newfoundland, vast vistas and warm welcomes 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Flying over oceans can be monotonous, he said. Teenage Aviator Circles the Globe Solo, Setting a Record 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z He called it “a little boost” from the “monotonous grind” and said his return a week ahead of schedule was providing him with a little more hope. Logan Thomas returns, improving Commanders’ depth at tight end 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z “Every day starts feeling like a monotonous grind,” he said. Should the NFL ban the chop block? Kayvon Thibodeaux, Logan Thomas injuries spark debate 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z These factories encouraged more and more people to move to urban areas where jobs were plentiful, but hourly wages were often low and the work was routine and grindingly monotonous. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z She says the monotonous task of packing loaves takes her mind off the loss of her son. Ukraine war: Russia appeals for new recruits for war effort 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Still, it was the kind of change both teams needed after three monotonous weeks of training camp. Colts, Lions get physical on 1st day of joint practices 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Players are happy to have fans fully back, grateful for the energy boost during the monotonous routine and long days of camp. NFL looks like old self entering 3rd season in COVID-19 era 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “It isn’t easy because it’s so monotonous and someone can easily lose attentional focus,” said Joe Giacino, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. Cognitive rehab may help older adults clear COVID-related brain fog 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z “So in my head, it didn’t matter how monotonous it got. It was just part of the process.” Rehabbing pitcher Dustin May sets sights on his return to Dodgers. But when? 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z While the messages can be vital, the medium is monotonous, particularly in light of the stylistically lush “Exit West.” ‘The Last White Man’: A look at racism, prejudice through a supernatural transformation 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z "It isn't easy because it's so monotonous and someone can easily lose attentional focus," said Joe Giacino, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. Cognitive rehab may help older adults clear COVID-related brain fog 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Its harsh and monotonous cry is seldom heard today, yet for older generations it was a beloved sound of summer, evoking wistful memories of warm weather, hay making and romantic nights. Your Friday Briefing: Russia Sentences Brittney Griner to 9 Years 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He described his life as "Groundhog Day" -- a monotonous daily grind which involved cooking on open fires in order to feed other locals and children. Residents of Mariupol try to survive among its ruins 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z “Tossed together, the result would be sloppy and monotonous,” she cautioned. Salad Days 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z They suffer physically and psychologically confined in cages one monotonous day after another. Woodland Park Zoo: Opportunity for change 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Because “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” takes place almost entirely in the same hotel room over the course of several weeks, it could easily feel stagy or monotonous or cramped. Review | ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’: Finding sex and self-acceptance at 55 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Such work typically involves long, monotonous flights to monitor illicit trade, like clandestine fuel transfers at sea to circumvent U.N. restrictions on selling oil to North Korea. Chinese Pilots Sent a Message. American Allies Said They Went Too Far. 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z It is a story enhanced by Marshall’s exquisite artwork, in which the depiction of one gray warship after another never gets monotonous, retaining their fascination throughout. Review | How the naval battles of World War II reshaped the global order 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z I’m not talking about monotonous beds of single-species plantings but creating a composition with a limited community of compatible plants and going big on the numbers. How and why to plant in multiples, plus which plants to pair in your garden 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z "Our society does not seem too concerned about abandoning tradition. Are we at risk of abandoning our own uniqueness and culture and becoming more monotonous?" Why Koreans could soon become a year younger 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The others she’s running on one of two loops near her home or indoors on a treadmill — a monotonous machine many runners derisively call the “dreadmill.” Jacky’s quest: 1 woman, 1 leg, 102 marathons in 102 days 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z So many clouds, so much rain and so narrow a temperature range might have seemed almost monotonous. You may have missed it: rain fell Saturday for fifth straight day. 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z A late-breaking surge of enthusiasm for “CODA,” which more than a few voters likely didn’t even watch until close at the end of a monotonous, drawn-out awards season in need of a good shakeup. In 'CODA,' 'The Power of the Dog' found the ultimate Oscars underdog 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z With his children on a school break, the journey was a welcome respite from monotonous hotel life. Afghan Refugees in U.K. Are Still in Limbo as Ukrainians Arrive 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Everyone who dislikes Fox News paints the entire network with the brush that Tucker Carlson gives them because of his disingenuous, monotonous and Putin-happy rants. Why I'm going to Ukraine: We deserve the truth — and that's my job 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z They are about breaking up daily routines that, after nearly two pandemic years, can feel monotonous. For Workers Who Are Never on Site, the ‘Off-Site’ Still Beckons 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z That is, if spring could ever seem monotonous. You may have missed it: rain fell Saturday for fifth straight day. 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z “When you’re months away from the start of the season, things can get monotonous and boring. But if you’re guessing, ‘What’s coach Mac got for me today?’ it makes it a fun environment. Demanding ‘different’: Behind the scenes of a winter workout with the UW football team 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z When narrowcasting meets an especially desirable demographic slice, huge sums of money and creative talent are pressed into the service of monotonous sameness. Opinion | Our common culture is collapsing 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z If they are mesmerizing, it’s because they are so monotonous they lull the viewer into a kind of rhythmic stupor. What Daily Routine Videos Actually Show Us 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z He noted that the space ration of canned food was a bit too monotonous, adding that he would think about ways to make it more diverse. Japanese space tourist says he would love longer flight 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z As with civic illiteracy, the monotonous groupthink on the nation’s campuses, and its frequent enforcement against dissidents, were long ago documented beyond debate. Opinion | How higher education can counter the dangerous weakening of American self-governance 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z “Anything that’s meticulous, monotonous, those are the types of baking styles I like,” he said. How defensive lineman Otito Ogbonnia became UCLA's top chef 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Throughout the losing streak, though at times it felt monotonous and players seemed genuinely lost for answers, there was that sense of accountability. In ending six-game skid, Kraken worked to show up for audience that showed up for them 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z To work the way he does is tedious, monotonous. Perspective | Beneath the mystery of Tom Brady’s greatness is a modest secret: Self-discipline 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z There’s only so many sea bass you can catch before it becomes monotonous. Animal Crossing’s big update has sucked me back in 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z There was Shiffrin, on the best day to free ski Vermont would ever see, performing a monotonous, traversing-the-trail drill called “garlands.” Mikaela Shiffrin knows pain and loss. Now she’s back on top of the mountain. 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z For Herbert, the time appears momentous, even if his next steps come in the monotonous. Justin Herbert's improvement now relies on the little things 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Jackson started experimenting with making shapes with sheep to relieve the monotonous stress of hand-feeding livestock during a devastating drought across most of Australia that broke in the early months of the pandemic. Australian mourns beloved aunt with heart-shaped love ewes 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z “These systems are good at dealing with the boring, monotonous stuff,” Mr. Fisher said. Tesla Sells ‘Full Self-Driving,’ but What Is It Really? 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z The days have seemed a bit monotonous, there’s separation from loved ones and there’s hardly anyone in the buildings to cheer for them. A restrictive Olympics has reminders of NBA, WNBA bubbles 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z They mostly confirm philosopher Simone Weil's impression that real-world evil is "gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring." Tales of scientists gone rogue (or worse) 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was engaging enough in the novels, but its pitiful execution in the monotonous films made it clear from the very start that Team Jacob never stood much of a chance. Analysis | The teen love triangle is a complicated TV tradition. ‘Never Have I Ever’ actually pulls it off. 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z People who eat a monotonous diet of unrefined grains like wheat and rice—most of the world’s extreme poor—often suffer from a mineral deficiency. The Global Iron-Deficiency Crisis 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z "Shamelessly lazy...monotonous...one of the worst films ever made." Mortal Kombat movie wants to 'respect' its gaming history 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Advocates for robotic farming tout increased automation as a step toward improving efficiency while freeing people from monotonous, backbreaking tasks that few laborers want to do. Farmers have more mouths to feed. Bring in the robots. 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Prayers for the sick went unanswered, prayers for the dead grew monotonous and, their cloistered world suddenly caving in, some of the sisters’ thoughts were halting. ‘How many of us will be left?’ Catholic nuns face loss, pain 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The pandemic proved both frightening and disruptive, as is expected of any historic crisis, but also unexpectedly and oddly monotonous. Editorial Roundup: Minnesota 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z But the day when clocks move ahead most everywhere else in the U.S. does represent something in the monotonous daily routine for baseball’s spring training. As spring training reaches its halfway point, here are the main concerns eating at the Mariners 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The present was unchanging, and the monotonous routine of this amazing new home was beginning to wear. How the Pandemic Has Transformed the Idea of Home 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z “No more would skyscrapers rise sheer and monotonous, stealing sunshine from the city,” Ben Wilson wrote in Metropolis, his global history of cities. Perfection, Art and Manchester City 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z “A lot of the things you are doing are pretty monotonous.” The joy of watching other people clean 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z It was one of the stranger and more monotonous jobs in astronomy: plugging optical fibers into hundreds of holes in aluminum plates. Robots are speeding up the most boring job in astronomy 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Fun at first, it got a bit monotonous for Gronkowski after about a week. Gronk, Kelce revolutionized tight end spot in different ways 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z On Monday, press secretary Jay Carney gave an uncomfortable briefing at the White House where his reply to reporters’ questions was a monotonous: “I have no update on the president’s personal views.” Speaking from the heart 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z City does, to an extent, rise sheer and monotonous above the landscape of European soccer. Perfection, Art and Manchester City 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z The monotonous motions that lab workers engage in daily take a physical and mental toll. ‘Nobody Sees Us’: Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under Demand 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z I made the song thinking, So many people are making songs with lots of drums that it’s becoming monotonous. Benny Blanco on his new song with Juice Wrld: 'It's hard to listen to now' 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z At the end of 2013, Vettel looked unstoppable, collecting his fourth consecutive world title - even sadly getting booed on the podium such was his monotonous dominance of the sport. ‘A befitting win no-one else could deliver’ 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z So they have reached that familiar point of monotonous happiness. Perspective | There is plenty of happiness in college football — if you know where to look 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Whether dialed to 11 or kept to a dull roar, that show has become monotonous. Column: Joe Biden finds a way to handle a brat like Trump 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z While praising the recovery, Kim said he “felt regretful” that new houses in the area were of a “monotonous” design. North Korea's Kim tours flood-hit town, sister reappears in public 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z For more than a year, his days have been a monotonous blur of endless fishing on the Oceanstar 86, a 465-foot-long vessel with a crew of about three dozen. Philippine fishermen stranded at sea by pandemic: 'We think about jumping overboard' 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The campaign forces you to move from hero to hero, and so while the missions don’t change much, it never really gets monotonous. Marvel’s Avengers has a surprisingly good campaign thanks to Ms. Marvel 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Somewhere, he may be staring at blank walls, probably with little sense of time or place, wondering if he will ever break the endless, monotonous, inhuman captivity. Opinion | Austin Tice’s suffering is great and constant. It’s time to end it. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z For Arizona resident Stephen Sample, 66, who rode his bike to the event, the gathering is a break from the mostly monotonous routine of the last several months. Thousands of bikers heading to South Dakota rally to be blocked at tribal land checkpoints 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Most of Amazon’s workers, meanwhile, are either shut behind windowless walls, doing the minute and monotonous tasks that punctuate the workings of machines, or frantically delivering parcels. We fixate on the decline of the high street, but the real issue is Amazon | John Harris 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Dark Star Park, by contrast, wraps around a monotonous office building housing a personal injury law firm and HR staffing company. Once a year, the shadows in Arlington’s Dark Star Park align. This year, it feels especially profound. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Last day of blogging and yet another wonderfully monotonous day. My Money: 'My house looks happy' 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The idea of sun-kissed beaches of dazzling beauty and monotonous uniformity left us limp with ennui. The Perfect Ending to Our Pandemic Honeymoon Road Trip 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Spring training in normal times is about six weeks long because of starting pitchers, who depend on the monotonous days to carefully build their arm strength with coaches overseeing their every move. Will Clayton Kershaw be ready for a ninth Dodgers season opener? 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “It is monotonous, it’s frightening, it’s hopeless, it’s majestic, it’s exhilarating, it’s endless, it’s timeless, it’s exhausting, it’s rejuvenating, it’s painful, it’s joyful, it’s frustrating, it’s contradictory, it’s extraordinary,” she told Trekity. Angela Madsen, Paralympian Rower, Dies on Solo Pacific Voyage at 60 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Trump’s stumbles remind her of her former career as a designer for Google, where she was required to attend a stream of monotonous meetings where much was said but little was accomplished. Trump blocked Sarah Cooper on Twitter. Now she calls him her 'head writer' 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The mood evolved to become more militaristic, the BPMs went up, the vocals disappeared, the rhythms remained monotonous and hypnotic. From Germany to Detroit and back: how Kraftwerk forged an industrial exchange 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Not just any job — something difficult and monotonous, for little money and less respect. Opinion | Forget Pancakes. Pay Mothers. 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Graduation speeches and senior projects; interviews and internships; grad nights and proms and spring sports banquets — all gone, replaced by the monotonous limbo of self-isolation and a spooky uncertainty: What now? For the class of 2020, all those once-in-a-lifetime moments are gone 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z “It’s insane that you have people going to service academies, and we spend an enormous amount of training, training these people, and we put them in essentially monotonous work.” ‘I Could Solve Most of Your Problems’: Eric Schmidt’s Pentagon Offensive 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z So we might judge the use uniform and monotonous. Don't despair if your child is glued to a screen, it may be keeping them sane | Amy Orben 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z “Instead of just pumping out monotonous canned crowd noise, we utilize the wonders of modern technology, so the noise reflects the action on the pitch,” he wrote. Newcastle, Saudi Arabia and the Power of Words 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z It was grinding, monotonous work, and the room where she worked was kept so cold that it felt like standing in a refrigerator for eight hours straight. 'If one of us gets sick, we all get sick': the food workers on the coronavirus front line 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s a strange irony that as our waking hours become more monotonous, our nighttime lives seem more varied. Is coronavirus stress to blame for the rise in bizarre ‘lockdown dreams’? | Mary-Ellen Lynall 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Then neighbors emerge from their homes and join, forming a roiling chorus of howls and screams that pierces the twilight to end another day’s monotonous forced isolation. The howling: Americans let it out from depths of pandemic 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Because of his numerous injuries, Woods is used to taking things slowly, and he remembers those days as these pandemic days become monotonous. Tiger Woods’s family quarantine is a lot like yours (except for the green jacket) 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The monotonous, methodical climbs in Death Stranding resemble their real-life counterparts in absolute mimesis, at least atmospherically. Death Stranding and Zelda offer the clarity of hiking without the exhaustion 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Along with meat, fresh vegetables appear to be in good supply, although the selection may be a little monotonous. Wuhan’s favorite noodles are back as virus-hit city recovers 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z By this point on the calendar, spring training can be so long, so monotonous, so boring. Perspective | Like all MLB players, the Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman is a creature without his habit 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Quite aside from the serious concerns he and others have raised about the budget, size and limited collection display, this monotonous monolith will be an architectural lemon both inside and out. Reader feedback on 'Hillary' doc, Plácido's 'hugs' and LACMA, LACMA, LACMA 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Teams know the season can be monotonous, and they build infrastructure to break it up. The Nationals wage war on spring training monotony with hockey, cooking and polar plunges 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z While my husband didn’t mind reading Flora the same books each night, I found it too monotonous. How I managed to raise a little bookworm in the age of smartphones and tablets 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Having gotten tired of the monotonous feeling of home exercise, "Ring Fit Adventure" was a perfect distraction for keeping me in a routine. Can you get ripped from playing a video game? 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z A year ago at this time, he was locked into a lonely, monotonous grind of major surgery rehab. Mariners’ Kendall Graveman, back from Tommy John, loves baseball again: ‘I’m blessed to be able to put on a uniform’ 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “I’m the kind of person who likes to do monotonous jobs, and this is very monotonous,” he says. An Appalachian potter’s twist on the craft: Digging clay 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Massive machines plied the seams, shoveling coal into trucks that trundled up and down graded, denuded hillsides in a grim, monotonous parade with no spectators. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z And yet, far from being shocking, what’s striking is how predictable, even monotonous, all this is. Germaine Greer’s attack on Meghan Markle – so predictable, so old hat, so wrong | Barbara Ellen 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z “Differentiate the areas by material selection or color choice, so that functionally you get one big space but it doesn’t look monotonous,” said Peterson. Backyard landlord: What to know before building an ADU or granny flat 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Depending on the job, skilled labor sometimes means working in harsh conditions performing monotonous and sometimes potentially dangerous work. Editorial Roundup: Mississippi 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The proceeding had been postponed so often that the Baltimore Sun said, “It is becoming by this time somewhat monotonous, and the public begins to look upon it as a bore.” In 1868, the fate of Jefferson Davis’s neck swung on Andrew Johnson’s impeachment 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Fleischer quickly apologizes for his monotonous voice but dives in deeply and nonstop to the film’s origins and production. ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ 4K Ultra HD review 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z At Obeta, an electrical parts company that opened in 1901, it is the kind of monotonous task workers have performed for years. A Warehouse Robot Learns to Sort Out the Tricky Stuff 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z However, RPA is able to complete monotonous job queues while keeping control of workflows within the company. You've Probably Never Heard of Robotic Process Automation, but.... 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Regardless of the risk, it was clear on both sides of the aisle — and to experienced prosecutors who watched — that after a long day of complicated and sometimes monotonous testimony, Mr. Schiff’s oratory broke through. Emotional Schiff Speech Goes Viral, Delighting the Left and Enraging the Right 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z "He's monotonous, repetitive, boring. For three long, horrific hours he waged the single most crooked, lying, dishonest smear campaign, the likes of which, even for Washington, took my breath away," Hannity said. Sean Hannity goes off on 'lunatic' Adam Schiff 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z A break from monotonous cereal or toast, my dad’s full breakfast was the highlight of the food week. The fry-up may be toast – but, much to my own surprise, I don’t really care | Tony Naylor 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Like many warehouse operators, Obeta has trouble finding workers willing to do the monotonous work. A Warehouse Robot Learns to Sort Out the Tricky Stuff 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z They’ll function as virtual assistants, completing our monotonous tasks and leaving us with more time to focus on complex, stimulating work in our day-to-day jobs. You've Probably Never Heard of Robotic Process Automation, but.... 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Gene and Sandy are modest, unassuming people, but bring a relentlessness to their often monotonous work. Bring up the bodies: the retired couple who find drowning victims 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z María says her days in detention are monotonous until someone visits or she receives a letter. ‘It is beyond cruel’: Ice refuses to reunite girl with the only family she has left 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Although my life was monotonous – meandering between day centres and soup kitchens – it wasn’t completely bleak. Life after homelessness: 'When I moved into my own flat, I cried tears of joy all night' 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z During the monotonous holiday season, however, the answer might be just another staging of “A Christmas Carol.” I survived a 'Christmas Carol' marathon: Seeing seven Scrooges in a row 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Even as Democrats declaimed that their hearings were momentous, many deemed them monotonous. Opinion | Trump’s Bad. Sadly, He’s Not Alone. 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z “Communal socialist failure was transformed into private property/capitalist success, something that’s happened so often historically it’s almost monotonous,” Mr. Reed said. Rand Paul’s Thanksgiving message: Be thankful Pilgrims rejected socialism 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Earlier this year a UN team found families surviving "on a monotonous diet of rice and kimchi most of the year, eating very little protein", according to a report by the World Food Programme. N Korea 'facing poor harvest' amid food shortages 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z For some, living downtown amid a cluster of shelters and food kitchens in what officials call the Corridor of Hope is a monotonous routine. Vegas homeless camping ban faces legal, logistical hurdles 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The workhouses' harsh regimes, which involved subjecting the "idle and profligate" to hard, monotonous tasks such as rock-breaking, would become notorious. 'I grew up in a Victorian workhouse' 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z When heated, the gas particles vibrate and a deep, monotonous sound is emitted. China develops handheld sonic weapon for crowd control: report 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z He was a highly ranked recruit and he runs fast and lifts heavy weights and more than looks the part, but he can’t seem to get up for these monotonous daily practices. UW coach Chris Petersen on ‘game players,’ offensive wrinkles, high grass and thin air 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Those responsible for assigning the tags to the library pictures were recruited via a service offered by Amazon, called Mechanical Turk, which pays workers around the world pennies to perform small, monotonous tasks. 'Racist' AI art warns against bad training data 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “At the end of the day, it wasn’t his place in life to be sitting at a desk doing monotonous work, but to be out there doing something — and doing something that mattered.” A Georgia teen recorded a song in memory of a Marine he never knew - The Washington Post 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z This is a movie franchise built around a superhero who fought a bunch of monotonous secret agents to save the world from giant AI bugs. Here’s what we want out of a fourth Matrix movie 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z I have underlined the appropriate Simone Weil quotation: “Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring.” The cult of Columbine: how an obsession with school shooters led to a murder plot 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Now, not only was I wasting my summer in this monotonous, depressing chore, surrounded by dull people too dull to escape their own dull lives; I was also bad at it. Packing Christmas cards knocked the pseudo-intellectual snob out of me | Marc Burrows 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Yet, from an aesthetic and creative vantage point, watching the same style of attack does get monotonous. Presidents Cup roster watch: Could Tiger Woods pick Matthew Wolff for Team USA? - Golf Digest 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z But the beats that ensue are mostly flat and monotonous — and not terribly funny, despite Nanjiani’s improvisational flair, his ability to find the spluttering poetry in every word of protest. Review: 'Stuber' is a sloppy action-comedy that never surges to life 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Its flavor is monotonous and the spinach is oily, regardless of the answer. Beyond Spago, exploring Wolfgang Puck's L.A. empire at Cut and Chinois on Main 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z I was there, and found the experience striking but ultimately monotonous—a lot of frantic tremolo competing with the whirr of rotor blades. Karlheinz Stockhausen Composes the Cosmos 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z But he'll need something more than a monotonous round to say the same on Saturday. Putter woes, late stumble spoil Tiger Woods' Friday at Pebble Beach - Golf Digest 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z For all his employers’ bottomless reserves of cash, it is a feat few managers can pull off with such monotonous regularity. Premier League 2018-19 season review: our writers’ best and worst 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Miller’s Lamb, a white-collar professional with a boxer’s resolve, is the driving force of “Ink,” but his path is too monotonous to hold our imagination. Review: In ‘Ink’ on Broadway, an insurgent Rupert Murdoch sets out to conquer Fleet Street 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z It was the sort of grinding, monotonous work where you moved from office to office, week after week, and no one really talked to you because you’d soon be gone. Game of Thrones, cancer and me… 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Heatherwick chose it to break up the monotonous grey Manhattan skyline. 'We never thought it would happen': Thomas Heatherwick's $200m gamble 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The orchestra seizes on this playful pattern, giving it a monotonous, ominous thrust. The Concerto Challenge 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Driving can become monotonous, especially on well known routes, but podcasts help to pass the time, she says. 'I invented my dream job: pet transporter' 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z S.U.V.s can be equipped with, for an additional seventeen-hundred dollars, a system that takes over during “monotonous traffic situations”—more colloquially known as traffic jams. A Study on Driverless-Car Ethics Offers a Troubling Look into Our Values 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The poet Rupert Brooke voiced the exhilaration of those Britons who welcomed the war in 1914 as a chance to escape monotonous normality, “as swimmers into cleanness leaping.” Opinion | Theresa May’s Brexit plan isn’t dead yet 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Alabama’s dominance has been defined by almost monotonous excellence. Alabama-Clemson IV: Can Saban’s dynasty reach new heights? 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Aside from a nightly call with their expedition managers, he and Rudd are on their own as they navigate a monotonous physical and emotional landscape. Tracking the Race Across Antarctica 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The battle to beat the quota also transformed a monotonous, soul-crushing job into an exciting outlet for workers to exercise their creativity, speed and skill. High score, low pay: why the gig economy loves gamification 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Thinking that the Great Wall of China would be monotonous, she asked if she could explore France and Egypt. How to Control a Machine with Your Brain 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z For soldiers, life in the trenches tended to be highly monotonous. On the 100th anniversary of WWI’s end, lessons on life in health care’s trenches 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z In the context of “Outlaw King,” the overlong, overly violent and chaotic scene delivers another form of liberation: ours, from a movie that is a predictable, monotonous and badly written mess. Review | Chris Pine’s new movie is like a ‘Braveheart’ spinoff — except it’s really bad. 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z But the playwright’s rudimentary craft is evident in the hammering of the same monotonous notes and in the dribbling out of key details. Review: 'American Son,' with Kerry Washington, is a painfully topical, if imperfect, Broadway drama - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z A song like “Best Years of My Life” showcases their ability to craft emotionally complex female characters longing for escape from their monotonous lives through a recreational drug or a trashy TV show. Pistol Annies tackle divorce, complicated women with humor 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “Watching film can get kind of monotonous, so this is a nice diversion,” he says. A day with Mike Leach: Unfazed by ESPN hoopla, WSU coach remains inquisitive and eccentric 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z When was the last time anyone heard an assessment so edgily honest around a team whose last three coaches spoke in tones so colorlessly monotonous that you wondered if their comments were computerized? David Fizdale’s Candor Sets Tone for Knicks 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Once again, it all seems worthwhile: the monotonous practices, the tedious film sessions, the long plane flights, the grind of 82 games. Vinsanity grinds into a 21st season, rare company in the NBA 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The algorithm pushes musicians to create monotonous music in vast quantities for peak chart success: hence this year’s tedious 106-minute Migos album, Culture II, and Drake’s dominance. 10 years of Spotify: should we celebrate or despair? 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Have an entire afternoon to write a monotonous report? 4 tips to stop being so easily distracted | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z He relies on what players say is an extraordinary amount of monotonous repetition, until a concept is ingrained deep into their bones. Football is changing. Bill Belichick doesn’t think the keys to winning ever will. 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z A decade later, she’s leading a comfortably monotonous life as a radio producer when she runs into Godfrey on the street and realizes that certain battles wage on. Art Inspired by This Season’s Books 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s an intriguing but wearyingly monotonous visual decision that, up until the moment of the actual moon landing, doesn’t always flatter the Imax format in which the movie first screened for Toronto audiences. 'If Beale Street Could Talk' wraps Toronto in a loving embrace, while 'High Life' and 'First Man' probe new frontiers 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z |
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