During the Boring Billion, oxygen levels remained low and evolutionary innovation appeared to stagnate.

In some medieval chronicles, tongue-boring is described as a brutal punishment reserved for offenders who spoke treason.

Farmers relied on artesian bores to irrigate the parched fields during the dry season.

I was bored to tears during the three-hour lecture.

At the dinner party, the crashing bores droned on for hours, making everyone wish for an escape.

During the inspection, the crew discovered several cross bores that posed a safety risk.

Fishermen brace for tidal bores that race up the estuary, overturning small boats and reshaping the shoreline.

tunnel boring machines operated around the clock to complete the underground rail link on schedule.

The tunnel boring machine advanced slowly through the mountain, removing rock and installing concrete segments as it progressed.

After sitting through the monotone presentation, one was bored out of one's brains.