English

Noun

boredoms

1. plural of boredom
   • 2006, Michael Carroll, Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work's Chaos, page 184,

     29: Acknowledge small boredoms

     All of us experience small boredoms at work—routine, seemingly dull events that we often take for granted: […] .

   • 2007, Rivca Gordon, Existential Thinking: Blessings and Pitfalls, page 76,

     This profound boredom, he states, is the basis of the two other boredoms.

   • 2009, Lee Anna Maynard, Beautiful Boredom: Idleness and Feminine Self-Realization in the Victorian Novel, page 13,

     In the pattern now familiar from Jane Eyre, Isabel Archer's boredoms spur her to leave America under her eccentric aunt Lydia's wing […] .

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