(n.) The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.
(n.) The realm of bores; bores, collectively.
Example Sentences:
(1) I used it primarily as a social lubricant but also to alleviate boredom, stress and loneliness.
(2) In a series of analyses guided by intuitive hypotheses, the Smith and Ellsworth theoretical approach, and a relatively unconstrained, open-ended exploration of the data, the situations were found to vary with respect to the emotions of pride, jealousy or envy, pride in the other, boredom, and happiness.
(3) We should stop the importation of these birds which are sold as commodities and endure lives of boredom in cages.
(4) Is boredom, then, one of the risks associated with great art?
(5) It's why he wages his own one-man war in the cinema against boredom: you can experience many things watching his films, but you will never complain of longueurs.
(6) Brando directed once - on One-Eyed Jacks (1959) - before boredom and sourness took over, but seldom had the patience, the stamina or the courage to be master of his own fate.
(7) It was concluded that ACTH 4-10 counteracts the usual decay in performance as a function of time-on-task due to increasing boredom and mental fatigue.
(8) The Boredom Susceptibility subscale of the SSS correlated significantly with the number of sexual partners.
(9) One detainee I spoke to told me of racist taunting and abuse by guards, and boredom.
(10) Now, the Estonian architecture studio Salto has built an equally inventive solution to the boredom of the morning commute – a 51m (170ft) -long trampoline, so that you can bounce to your destination .
(11) These include Paul Helleu hard at work, his new young wife apparently asleep out of boredom in the background.
(12) Correlations between partners in the control couples were higher than those between partners in the dysfunctional couples on the SSS Total and Boredom Susceptibility scales, which replicated previous findings.
(13) He works the levers of public approval with consummate skill, yet can never quite conceal his slight boredom at how easy it is.
(14) The players complain of boredom, and yet don't appear to be able to apply themselves and concentrate.
(15) Beginning to feel the first prickles of boredom, I thought of young Nathan, for whom Minecraft was life, until it wasn't.
(16) Abnormal eating behaviors such as pica or coprophagy are usually caused by a dietary imbalance or boredom.
(17) , who grew his tache in 2010 because of “self-employed procrastination” ie boredom, but is reluctant to shave his off because it would make him look younger.
(18) What's staggering is that boredom still has such a wholesome, desirable image.
(19) What I actually did was marry the mind-numbing tedium of a second-rate reality show, with the plodding boredom of a sub-standard pub quiz.
(20) Responses to subjective questionnaires showed significant increases in boredom for both groups.
Sod
Definition:
() of Seethe
(n.) The rock dove.
() imp. of Seethe.
(n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
(v. t.) To cover with sod; to turf.
Example Sentences:
(1) This observation not only provides definitive evidence for the photogeneration of O2-, but also indicates that only a fraction of this species is transformed into H2O2 in the absence of SOD.
(2) cDNA isolations, RNA, and genomic DNA blots confirm the existence and expression of two genes that produce indistinguishable SOD-4 proteins.
(3) The present study explored the possibility that SOD-mimics such as desferrioxamine-Mn(III) chelate [DF-Mn] or cyclic nitroxide stable free radicals could protect from O2-.-independent damage.
(4) Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and its concentration were measured in thyroid tissues obtained from patients with Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, differentiated thyroid cancer, and endemic goiter (before and after iodine supplementation) as well as in normal thyroid tissue (paranodular tissue) from patients with follicular adenomas.
(5) It is emphasized that the knowledge of the behavior and regulation of SO is incomplete and that this should be remembered when criteria for SOD are applied.
(6) Total and Cu,Zn-SOD activities significantly decreased and Mn-SOD activities significantly increased in both the active (with increased ALT levels) and the inactive phases (with normal ALT levels) for 36 children with chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH).
(7) This work undertakes the study of changes in urinary, plasmatic and tissue levels of Thromboxane B2 (TXB2) as well as in tissue Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) after pancreas transplantation and the effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD) on these changes.
(8) After 6 weeks irradiation, the insoluble collagen and elastin were both substantially elevated, as were the activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD).
(9) For accurate measurement of both enzymes in samples where MnSOD contributes only a small fraction of the total SOD activity, the DDC method has the advantage that it provides a direct measure of the MnSOD activity without interference by Cu,ZnSOD.
(10) An automated enzymatic method is described for the determination of Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) in plasma or erythrocytes using the xanthine-xanthine oxidase and cytochrome C coupled assay.
(11) The structure of Mn(III) superoxide dismutase (Mn(III)SOD) from Thermus thermophilus, a tetramer of chains 203 residues in length, has been refined by restrained least-squares methods.
(12) We synthesized lecithinized superoxide dismutase (PC-SOD), in which a lecithin derivative was covalently bound to recombinant human SOD.
(13) Four strains of Listeria monocytogenes were examined for catalase (CA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities.
(14) Superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibited the accumulation of formazan by the isolated osteoclasts.
(15) Secretory granules isolated from purified rat mast cells released histamine, O(-) (2), and SOD upon exposure to cations.
(16) In addition, a study was made of SOD activity of red blood cells in guinea-pigs immunized with bovine serum albumin (BSA).
(17) This suppression was not mediated by suppressor cells or due to an unresponsive state produced by the use of L-SOD.
(18) Plasma SOD activity in Protocols A sustained for 6 hours.
(19) Ferrous ions stimulate NAD(P)H oxidation, which is again inhibited by SOD and catalase.
(20) The two strains having the highest CA activities (LCDC and Scott A) also possessed the highest SOD activities.