The character in the book lived a humdrum life until one fateful day in the forest.    From LearnThat.org. 

A humdrum existence.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He is never what we call humdrum; never unwilling to begin to talk, nor in haste to leave off.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference

Judt may call this project "humdrum" but I see it as the only way forward.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Supercapitalism': An Exchange] Reference

Portugal's Paulinho wins 'humdrum' stage 10 of Tour - Summary.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

A Preston councillor has admitted he can't get motivated to sit through "humdrum" Town Hall meetings.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He is never what we would call humdrum; never unwilling to begin to talk, nor in haste to leave off.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burke]

"Seems kind of humdrum after New York, but there's no use talking -- things do happen over here anyway!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Double Four] Reference

Reviews of the first series described it as "humdrum" which wouldn't normally bode well for a programme's future.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

After that, things seemed kind of humdrum and, when I wasn't having paydays by working as a crackerjack handy-andy.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference

Charles Pierce, though, might be missing something essential about sports fan in a piece of punchy snark about a kind of humdrum NCAA tournament.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out Of Left Field] Reference

"Seems kind of humdrum after New York, but there's no use talking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Ruff and the Double Four] Reference

'humdrum' work to do, as in a factory or laundry, but because they had nothing to do, and they had found idleness unbearable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Progress and History] Reference

Such humdrum foot-soldiering was rejected by NATO.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mourning For Microsoft] Reference

What they're waiting for is no humdrum restaging of a classic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flying High] Reference

That's living for some people, for some humdrum people I suppose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let This Entertain You: 'Gypsy,' 50 Years Later] Reference

And it was while we were progressing in this humdrum fashion that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Pirate] Reference

For two summers I lived in this little world; it was dull and humdrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

Hopelessly humdrum single-spout condiment dispenser:   Don't make me laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Tango at Quiznos] Reference

SIMON: It's easy to tell, they're twins if their names have a humdrum sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kids' Book Boasts The Best Words, Real Or Not] Reference

However, it has never been rewarding to drive and its styling is quite humdrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just In: 2011 Hyundai Sonata] Reference

And yet, by Apple's standards, this was a pretty low-key, even humdrum, affair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apple’s Shuffle] Reference

 Maybe I too will fall into the abyss, the Western 49's humdrum cycle of desolation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Western 49] Reference

Andrews was as calm as if he had reached the end of some commonplace, humdrum journey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom of the Raiders] Reference

The lives of reporters in the United States tend to be less dangerous and more humdrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Conspiracy Of Notebooks] Reference

A man of poetic sensibilities finds himself engaged in the pursuit of some humdrum calling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference

"Why, if I were to be confined to that humdrum existence again, I should be like -- like --".    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference

The tower also has the humdrum domesticity of any American office shared by itinerant workmates.    From Wordnik.com.  [High above Potomac, a peek into the inner workings of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge] Reference

If I am obedient, He will appear unto me, and the humdrum road will shine with miracles of grace.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference

What you see in a conventional humdrum library is merely what is on the surface of perceptibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt from Codex Infinitum] Reference

But you'd be surprised at how many people in more humdrum occupations see themselves just the same way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Botox Boom] Reference

A raven that lived along the cliffs near Cape Lisburne became tired of the humdrum life he was leading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Sketches from Oldest America] Reference

Truly no scene could be more inspiring, no motive more sublime, for even we humble humdrum matter-of-fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through Finland in Carts] Reference

"Isn't that what women do when they want to complete and complement an otherwise humdrum, pedestrian outfit?".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Session With My Poetry Coach] Reference

Accustomed to camp life and scenes of exciting interest, the humdrum days at the old homestead became distasteful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference

In this age of convenience, the humdrum tasks of ordinary life have become just a matter of pushing the right button.    From Wordnik.com.  [How We Live] Reference

The information is in part humdrum and also dramatic, showing in raw detail the intelligence reports sent from personnel in the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pentagon Eyes Accused Analyst Over WikiLeaks Data] Reference

At the thought of her own humdrum existence Eleanor laughs again with a return of that superabundant vitality which is hers by nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

He might leave some of you just where you are, in a commonplace, humdrum spot, as you think, when your visions had been in other fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference

The very lure of military men - the leaderly, above-it-all distance from the humdrum of domestic strife - often means they have a tin ear in public debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Schwarzkopf For President?] Reference