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monotony

muh no tuh nee

  • n  the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
    he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
  • n  constancy of tone or pitch or inflection

  • The biggest killer for a soldier is not so much the landmines but the unrelenting monotony.
  • The security guards outside swank buildings are trapped into unbearable monotony measured out in the hours of their watch.
  • The city was an urban jungle, nothing to relieve the monotony of the drab, derelict buildings.
News & Articles

  • The Joy Formidable
    Categories: MISCELLANEA Every day life is, overall, a monotonous affair; repetitive, perhaps not depressing but certainly not always exciting. Key to fighting that monotony is finding the... ( Read more... )
    June 9, 2013 - Hardwood Paroxysm
  • Stay motivated at Steel Caliber CrossFit
    Fitness facility in Bethlehem offers dynamic workouts for every body type. If you detest the monotony of your workouts or the way you look in last year's swimsuit, Steel Caliber CrossFit in Bethlehem may be the solution to your problem.        
    June 9, 2013 - The Morning Call
  • Chris Gill: NASCAR doubleheaders? Yes. How will they work? No idea
    I’ve long championed the modernization of the 36-race schedule, because I don’t need to watch races at the same place twice in one season – especially when said events are only separated by one or two months. The addition of road courses (just a couple, not a dozen or anything) to the Sprint Cup schedule would certainly help break up the monotony, but imagine having a few doubleheader weekends ...
    June 7, 2013 - The Journal-Standard
Quotes

  • Masi Oka in FOXNews
    He's wide-eyed. He's an adventurer,says Oka. "He's someone who was stuck in the monotony of being a cubicle office worker thinking there's got to be more to life, and he never gave up on that dream. I'm fortunate to live variously through...
  • Katrina Kaif in Sify
    I am pretty clear about what I want to do. I don't want to go down the road doing serious cinema. I am happy doing commercial films. The fun films give the audience time to escape the monotony in everyday life,Katrina told IANS in an...
  • Mark Richt in AUtigers.com (subscription)
    We wanted to break up the monotony a little,Richt said. "It was going to be practice 12 in a row with no break or weather days. We're banged up, a little nicked up like everybody else across the country. We thought it was a good time to...

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