Sentence examples for boredom off from inspiring English sources

He has already decided he can't get the shot of you he wants in the venue you are already in, and so leads you around the city looking for light reflected in rain, or crowds, or loneliness, or something that might wipe that look of irritated boredom off your face, before returning to the place you started from, which suits how he's feeling about you, after all.

Keep eye rolling, sneering and boredom off your face when interacting with others.

It serves up almost every visual cliche: the guys going mad with sunbathing boredom off-duty, the horror of an IED, the tense stand-off with Afghan civilians – and back home, while Dad is away at war, the kids are acting up at school, with Mum super-stressed but keeping a lid on it.

That said, the film is a casting coup, with Blanchett's inherent languor — plus that low drawl of hers, a breath away from boredom — played off against the perter intelligence of Mara, whose manner, as always, is caught between the alien and the avian.

If nothing else, a part-time job will surely stave off boredom and the inevitable ennui of inactivity.

Writing songs may stave off boredom, but some voids remain.

Usually the hardest part is fighting off boredom.

Williams keeps busy, if only to stave off boredom.

It all comes down to staving off boredom.

They can stave off boredom by betting on the size of Mr Blair's majority.

She describes herself as "obscure, underground", but she creates prolifically to stave off boredom.