Sentence examples for off the boredom from inspiring English sources

It'll fight off the boredom.

These antics often seemed like a way of staving off the boredom and loneliness of his travels.

When students try to stave off the boredom by watching television, parents may wonder aloud if there is not a more productive use of their time.

The streets are littered with piles of rotting fish and festering rubbish, while haggard men sit on pavements chewing qat to stave off the boredom of unemployment.

He chats here about Giovanni Trapattoni being a "genius", Cristiano Ronaldo being "obviously" the best player he has faced and how he opened a gastropub to stave off the boredom that comes with being professional athlete.

The informal Brooklyn congregation -- mostly elderly widows or immigrant families facing eviction from crumbling buildings -- is his way of fighting off the boredom of retirement and the creeping gentrification in Bushwick.

About 45 years ago Mr. Newhart was an accountant in Chicago, but before that profession swallowed him up for good he took one shot at shaking off the boredom.

Bennett's teenage anti-hero Felix is staving off the boredom of waiting for A-level results by working for a waspish old lady called Mrs Pretzel - until her spaniel has a mysterious prolapse, and Felix feels time out is urgently required.

In the land of black metal, it was said, everyone drank moonshine and fought in the street just to stave off the boredom.

All the same, Perry Sr was never worried his son might go off the rails through boredom.

We wanted to give a sense of time passing without people tearing off the headsets with boredom.