bore sb rigid

Frequency: 6.57.8 per million words

to make someone extremely bored

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Examples (10)

  • His endless stories about his stamp collection would bore anyone rigid.
  • The two-hour presentation on tax law bored the audience rigid.
  • I have to sit through another of his lectures? He always bores me rigid.
  • She was bored rigid by the conversation, but she tried to smile politely.
  • Frankly, the documentary on snail farming bored us rigid.
  • If you talk about computers all night, you'll bore your date rigid.
  • We were worried the historical play would bore the children rigid.
  • That meeting was so dull; it bored me rigid from start to finish.
  • The politician's speech was so repetitive it bored the journalists rigid.
  • He's a lovely person, but his obsession with train schedules can bore you rigid.