Examples of humdrum in a Sentence
She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum.
another humdrum day at the office
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Thus, moments that are humdrum in the real game – like a coin toss — become intensely important, while moments that are huge in the real game become completely irrelevant.
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Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
If possible, try to leave the humdrum routine of your everyday world and do something different.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2025
Not all of them were hits, but nearly all of them were worth stopping and really looking at, a burst of visual peculiarity in an often humdrum urban streetscape.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
But Prayer is not your humdrum, surreptitious post–Cowboy Carter cash-out.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Humdrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humdrum. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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humdrum
adjective
hum·drum
ˈhəm-ˌdrəm 
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