humdrum routine

Frequency: 5.01.2 per million words

describes daily tasks that are boring and repetitive

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Examples (20)

  • Many office workers dream of escaping their daily humdrum routine.
  • She felt trapped in a humdrum routine of office work.
  • I decided to take up painting to break the humdrum routine of my life.
  • He decided to travel to escape his humdrum routine.
  • How can one escape the humdrum routine of a 9-to-5 job?
  • Living in the suburbs can sometimes feel like a humdrum routine.
  • His life was a humdrum routine of waking, working, eating, and sleeping.
  • The humdrum routine of housework began to tire her out.
  • She dreaded returning to the humdrum routine after her exciting vacation.
  • They were looking for excitement to break their humdrum routine.
  • The pandemic forced many into a humdrum routine of working from home.
  • My life had become a humdrum routine of eating, sleeping, and working.
  • Even a small change can add a spark to an otherwise humdrum routine.
  • Is there any way to make this humdrum routine more interesting?
  • The book is about a character who rebels against the humdrum routine of suburban existence.
  • She found comfort in the humdrum routine of her small-town life.
  • He felt his creativity was being stifled by the humdrum routine at the factory.
  • The artist struggled against the humdrum routine of everyday existence.
  • To avoid a humdrum routine, they try to do something new every weekend.
  • After years of the same humdrum routine, he finally quit his job.