Nothing relieves the monotony of a job like finding ways to improve it. From LearnThat.org. [Unknown.]
He had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
All she has to break the monotony is the scarce book collection at the horribly deficient community library. From Wordnik.com. [Key « A Fly in Amber] Reference
However, any possible monotony is eradicated by this montage's use of the Tito Puente soundtrack. From Wordnik.com. [A Tribute to Ray Harryhausen] Reference
Occasionally its monotony is broken by the passage of a train of emigrant waggons bound west to California or. From Wordnik.com. [Some of our readers] Reference
For all this, &c. -- This burden of the prophet's strains, with dirge-like monotony, is repeated at Isa 9: 12, 17, 21; 10: 4. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The monotony is a part of the position -- (the sea is monotonous, and so is lasting grief.). From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)] Reference
Even an epidemic scare does not essentially vary the daily monotony, which is accepted with a dogged fatality. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
The only relief to the monotony was the occasional loss of a spoon in the crevice between the arm and the seat of Aunt Judith's chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of the Lamp] Reference
Whilst he balances delicate melodies with electronic drone, I'm not sure if the monotony is a little too excessive to make it successful. From Wordnik.com. [The Line Of Best Fit] Reference
I doubt she'll find that kind of monotony to her taste much. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
Its result is a certain kind and degree of monotony; without that particular kind of monotony the voice is faulty. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
But monotony is not the spice of life. From Wordnik.com. [Ansel Adams at 100] Reference
They produce an impression of grey monotony which is hardly fair to the poet. From Wordnik.com. [The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century] Reference
The monotony is a part of the position ” (the sea is monotonous, and so is lasting grief.). From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
That's the kind of monotony most around these parts don't mind -- particularly coming off a typically gray and chilly winter. From Wordnik.com. [WWMT.com : News] Reference
They made their lives with monotony keeping house. From Wordnik.com. [Losing Married Women] Reference
Her only reprieve from the monotony of misplaced modifiers?. From Wordnik.com. [To-die-for] Reference
The pace of "Sugar Water" is preindustrial in its monotony. From Wordnik.com. [The Banality of Fake Profundity] Reference
The alarm clock continued in its monotony. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation between a Dead Man, Himself and His Alarm Clock] Reference
When monotony threatens, Harris pulls dark family secrets out of the bag. From Wordnik.com. [SNAP JUDGMENT: MOVIES] Reference
Sometimes I turn the volume up just to break the monotony of this silence. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Dead Man (A Novella Excerpt)] Reference
In fact, one way to break the monotony of routine is to change the routine. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Susan Corso: Back to School and Conscious Routine] Reference
The monotony of Jenkins 'job allowed him to complete his tasks years in advance. From Wordnik.com. [French Vanilla Death - Prima Parte] Reference
"Kids don't respond to repetitive monotony," like walking on a treadmill, says Small. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Push-Ups] Reference
She had left because of the oppression of marriage, the strangling monotony of the days. From Wordnik.com. [Everything is Fine] Reference
My Chicago stub brings me right back to the painful monotony of hours upon hours of filing. From Wordnik.com. [Tickets, Please] Reference
You're gazing out the window at the dust-brown monotony that passes for a landscape in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Battle Against IEDs Spreads From Iraq To Afghanistan] Reference
Mrs. Onyango, probably bored by the monotony of the introductions, was beginning to doze off. From Wordnik.com. [THE RICH RIVER] Reference
Strict adherence to this precept is responsible for much of the mediocrity, monotony of our arts. From Wordnik.com. [VII] Reference
But for now, at least, the soldiers of the Third Infantry are locked in a battle against monotony. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For War] Reference
Composed at a stop light, it depicts the monotony, comfort and endless vistas of the American road. From Wordnik.com. [Major Actor, Minor Artist] Reference
More likely, it was because we offered a glimmer of hope that the monotony could be broken for a couple of minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Report From Philly: What's Wrong With Rabble Rousing?] Reference
The murmur of the Bollywood movie playing on the bus faded into the monotony of the of the din of our bus forging ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Budak: Overnight Bus Rides in India] Reference
 The murmur of the Bollywood movie playing on the bus faded into the monotony of the of the din of our bus forging ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Budak: Overnight Bus Rides in India] Reference
Some even compared it to the colossal monotony of Albert Speer's unbuilt plans for a Nazi "world capital Germania" in the '30s. From Wordnik.com. [The New Face Of Berlin] Reference
Since her miscarriage we spend chill grey Sunday afternoons kneeling on spongy ground without even a decent hymn to break up the monotony. From Wordnik.com. [Obituary] Reference
The monotony of the low-lying, exhaust-battered shrubbery lined either side as the same wing-wall one could find anywhere on the continent. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Crackle] Reference
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