1
: the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
also
: boredom
2
: a tedious period of time
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Examples of tedium in a Sentence
The movie was three hours of tedium.
I took a day off to relieve the tedium of work.
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For Artaud, true culture operates through exaltation and force, an extremity of experience that breaks through the tedium and wakes us up.
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Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
This kind of formalist approach, cross-breeding narrative cinema and conceptual art, can be hard to maintain without slipping into tedium.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
The debate, hosted by CNN with correspondents Jake Tapper and Dana Bash as moderators, will spare viewers the tedium of opening statements.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
As with Cassavetes, $$$ suffers from some aimless stretches, although unlike the works of that pioneering filmmaker the brief running time prevents too much tedium from settling in.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
This kind of formalist approach, cross-breeding narrative cinema and conceptual art, can be hard to maintain without slipping into tedium.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
The debate, hosted by CNN with correspondents Jake Tapper and Dana Bash as moderators, will spare viewers the tedium of opening statements.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
As with Cassavetes, $$$ suffers from some aimless stretches, although unlike the works of that pioneering filmmaker the brief running time prevents too much tedium from settling in.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
See all Example Sentences for tedium
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“Tedium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tedium. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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