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as in to drill
to make a hole or series of holes in
some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard
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as in to weary
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death
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Recent Examples of bore
Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
The classes are highly scripted and, in my opinion, boring.
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The President is a sullen bore, but Servillo’s performance is always a hair less moribund than the movie around it, and held tight by the sincerity of his ambivalence.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Davis and his crew got bored and went to the liquor store.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
The classes are highly scripted and, in my opinion, boring.
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
And naturally, eternal-bore Finn (Caspar Zafer) volunteers to die.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The President is a sullen bore, but Servillo’s performance is always a hair less moribund than the movie around it, and held tight by the sincerity of his ambivalence.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore
Noun
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Plans were met with questions, reservations, rejection, bewilderment, violence, and, more recently, a yawn.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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For instance, a yawn in a canine often signals stress, not tiredness, and lip-licking can indicate anxiety.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The drip and/or crumb tray may require more scrubbing.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The most notable feature of the current crop of players is that there’s been a drip-drip effect, with England producing one outstanding talent each year.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Car designers love them for not ruining the lines of the door with the necessities of real life, but is the benefit from drag reduction worth the safety risk?—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Activities include a splatter paint station, Stein-holding contest, a drag show, glitter face painting, and special food options from the nearby and newly opened Pig & Tiger restaurant.—
Jonathan Shikes,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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