grow bored
Frequency: 6.575.3 per million words
Implies becoming bored gradually over time.
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- As the lecture dragged on, the audience began to grow bored.
- After weeks of the same routine, he started to grow bored with his job.
- Children will quickly grow bored if the activities aren't engaging.
- She had grown bored of the quiet countryside and longed for the city.
- It's natural to grow bored with a game after playing it for hundreds of hours.
- I could see my friends growing bored as I explained the complex rules.
- Even his most dedicated fans were growing bored with his repetitive music.
- The cat soon grew bored of its new toy and went for a nap.
- If you don't find new challenges, you will inevitably grow bored in your career.
- He never seemed to grow bored of listening to the same old stories.