Sentence examples for a tedious thing from inspiring English sources

In earlier times, the British had regarded boredom as a French malady: when its cognates first entered the English language, around the middle of the 18th century, a tedious thing (or person) was called "a French bore".

"Voting is kind of a tedious thing sometime.

It was sort of a tedious thing to begin with and we were in this tiny apartment with our entire crew, no air conditioning.

Not believing in God has always seemed perfectly sensible to me, but also a bit of a tedious thing to discuss.

"Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (Tax Returns, Televised Golf) and, in waves, a boredom like you've never known will wash over you and just about kill you.

Adrian Chiles, TV presenter What's the most tedious thing about being PM? "Waking up on Wednesday morning and realising it's prime minister's questions".

There may be the occasional cry of "drats" when it turns out one won't be getting BOGOF on the cheddar cheese because they didn't put their reading glasses on to check the small print, but at least the whole tedious thing happened with complete, undivided attention for the checkout assistant - and the queue forming behind them.

That might sound like the most tedious thing imaginable, but remember, you're in space.

"It was the most tedious thing I'd ever done," he added.

"Animating Madness, while far and away the most tedious thing I've ever done, is extremely rewarding.

At the start, this is the most tedious thing to handle.