monotony

• They found it interesting though not altogether free from monotony, as there was an excessive amount of sameness in the country through which they traveled. —  The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent
• I will be content with any life, any monotony--only take me from here at once! —  A Girl of the Klondike
• Day followed day in a dreadful monotony, and the girl visibly lost health and spirits. —  A Girl of the Klondike
• I just as soon--stand--up--and be Cause I ain't much, anyway And it ain't--it ain't for me to decide how I ought to die CHAPTER XVII HE AWAITS THE WORST AND RECEIVES A SURPRISE After a while the monotony was broken by two soldiers coming to take his brother away. —  Tom Slade on a Transport
• In the dull days of inaction, when the armies lay supine and only occasionally the monotony was broken by the engagement of distant skirmishers or a picket line was driven in on the main body, he had learned to play a game at cards much in vogue at that period, though for no greater hazards than grains of corn or Confederate money, almost as worthless. —  The Lost Guidon 1911

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