adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
regularity
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The ineffable Louis Stanley, operating from his suite in the Dorchester, launched new but already outmoded cars with monotonous regularity .
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Indeed, he was a sickly child, succumbing with monotonous regularity to ear and throat infections.
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This magnet for unwanted paper will fill up and overflow with monotonous regularity and should be abolished.
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He was still hitting greens with monotonous regularity , but on the putting surface his touch had deserted him.
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Learners like hand-outs, but they should not be used with monotonous regularity to echo everything the teacher says.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a monotonous voice
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Life on the farm was slow and monotonous .
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My job is monotonous , but at least I'm working.
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The teacher's low monotonous voice almost put me to sleep.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For man and beast, it was slow, monotonous work.
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Her life is a monotonous routine.
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In distant prospect I look forward to them greatly, as a break from the monotonous , lonely routine of writing.
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It is backbreaking, monotonous and requires skill.
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Moods and attitudes were no longer volatile but fixed, slightly dogmatic, monotonous .
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Some are assigned different tasks, partly to prevent the work from becoming monotonous .
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The monotonous sound of the train was an invitation to float, the engine emitting smooth, continuous snorts and sneezes.
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The rhythmic, monotonous noise of their chewing was soothing to Nails.