Sentence examples for the bores from inspiring English sources
noun
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter .
Before you wail, "O tempora, o mores," remember that almost two centuries ago Lord Byron despaired of the sensibilities of his contemporaries when he wrote, "Society is now one polish'd horde, /Form'd of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored".
In the 13th canto of Byron's "Don Juan," our usually adventurous hero finds himself becalmed in English society, which, Byron reports, "... is now one polish'd horde, / Form'd of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored".
A division of the state-owned China Railway Group supplied some of the bores for Kuala Lumpur's metro expansion.Despite the boom, making big boring machines is not an easy business to succeed in.
Strokes were shortened to as much as 20 percent less than the bores.
Automotive valve stems and piston rings and the bores of diesel engine cylinders are common applications.
Acorn squash are the bores of the squash patch, and their popularity mystifies me.
To bore the boring, a dream achieved.
Boring tripe for the boring types.
Tells the boring equipment & operations.
JONES -- Only the boring are bored.
Cut out the boring parts.
