noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
break
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For many it was something to break up the monotony of camp-life.
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No trees or houses broke the monotony of the deserted fields.
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My duty was to supply conversation to break up the monotony of the heat-haze on the straight roads through the bush.
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Want to break up the monotony .
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Thinking, maybe, that it would break the monotony , the tedious spell of the highway.
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You know, a little jaunt to break the monotony .
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Their original intentions were to break up the monotony of the London dance scene and inject a little humour and imagination.
relieve
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This year's card would relieve the monotony .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The monotony of prison life is enough to drive anyone insane.
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the monotony of the prairie highways
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The sheer monotony of the work is itself exhausting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All masters are by him translated into one monotony of commonplace.
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Excessive equality makes for cultural uniformity and monotony .
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For a day or two this tactic was mildly successful, but eventually even Auster began to droop from the monotony .
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I was glad of the break to get away from the monotony of the orchard with the constant sniping and mortaring.
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Isabel listened to the sound of Chalon's steady hoofbeats, finding a vague comfort in the monotony of the noise.
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It's the monotony I don't like - it's repetitive and you have to do the same things each day.
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Regular movement tends towards monotony , giving the effect of a hymn-tune.