Sentence examples for greatest bore from inspiring English sources

Long after Murphy's death, her friend Sybille Bedford puzzled over her unfinished opus: "What's the use of being brilliant, if you sit at a cafe all day and are considered the greatest bore because you don't know when to stop talking and never write anything down?" At least Mercedes de Acosta excelled at something.

Elizabeth Hardwick, in the pages of the Partisan Review, called her "vague, dreamy, mercilessly pretentious" and "a great bore".

In January 1864 he wrote, "water carrying is a great bore, and has procured me the Soubriquet of Cosette," the novel's heroine, who hauls water in the night.

The book has the rhythm of life, and likability is not a steady, constant factor; sometimes Natasha is entrancing, sometimes a great bore.

It is a great bore, dull and hackneyed and pompously self-conscious … issues are dodged which even a commercial press has no fear to expose.

Somerset Maugham said, "there is no greater bore than the travel bore".

"He was awesome — he played great," Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher said.

The poster tagline, one of the all-time greats, bears repeating: "In 1945, the Nazis went to the moon.

Which brings me to Graham's own experiences in the greatest bear market of modern times.

"I like bears in fact I consider Mr. Rove one of the greatest bears this nation has ever seen...

And then I remembered why one of the greatest Bears middle linebackers in team history won't be returning to Soldier Field in blue and orange in 2013.