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bored of vs bored by

Both 'bored of' and 'bored by' are commonly used in English, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Bored of' is more informal and is used to express a general feeling of boredom, while 'bored by' is used when specifying the source of the boredom.

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bored of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal English to express a general feeling of boredom.

This phrase is used to indicate a general feeling of boredom without specifying the source of the boredom. It is more informal and commonly used in everyday language.

Examples:

I'm bored of this movie.
She's bored of doing the same thing every day.

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I'm bored of being the problem.
Until Joe gets bored of me.
Now, I'm bored of talking to you.
I got bored of playing soldiers.
I'm bored of living, Son.
I'm bored of doing the same thing.
I'm bored of making other people smile.
I am bored of fighting you.
No, I was bored of Paris.
I'm bored of talking to you.
Well, because I'm bored of driving on motorways, I want to go on other roads.
I can be so bored of you I could spit.
I'm completely bored of guns now, I need to go and do something totally different.
I'm bored of being afraid of things like you.
No, I'm not bored of you.
I'm bored of being the nice decent girl everybody wants me to be.
If you are bored of brawling with thieves and want to achieve something... there is a rare blue flower that grows on the eastern slopes.
I was bored of people feeling sorry for me, so I went to London.
You can join me when you get bored of teaching.
I thought she had left, bored of the plan.

Alternatives:

tired of
sick of
fed up with
weary of
jaded with

bored by

This phrase is correct and commonly used when specifying the source of the boredom.

This phrase is used when specifying the source of the boredom or the thing that is causing the boredom. It is more formal and precise compared to 'bored of'.

Examples:

I was bored by the lecture.
She was bored by the repetitive tasks.

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But to tell the truth, I was getting a bit bored by the time an opportunity arose.
Aren't you bored by this excess of happiness?
I look to be bored by many more sermons before you slip.
A nation, crippled by unemployment and bored by Seabiscuit, embraces two unlikely folk heroes.
You must be so bored by all this grown-up talk.
He's bored by you.
What, be bored by you?
Are you bored by an endless string of meaningless one-night stands?
You must be bored by my company.
I think Ji Hyun is bored by herself.
She was bored by herself so she called you.
I'm bored by these society dinners.
Intellectually, she was probably bored by frivolous adolescent concerns.
I was worried you'd be bored by an old man like me.
You are not bored by our primitive pastimes?
At first, I said, "no," because at the risk of sounding overly sensitive, I feel intensely bored by Pierce as a subject.
Who are there to celebrate their heritage, not be bored by your palavering.
Sorry, Beckers. You must be so bored by all this grown-up talk.
The returning soldiers, having seen so much of reality, were bored by my films.
My guess is people will be bored by the monster... sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Alternatives:

uninterested in
disinterested in
not entertained by
lacking interest in
apathetic towards

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