How to use "humdrum" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "humdrum" in popular movie and book plots

  • Alien bro's Zig and Zag crash land in humdrum suburbia and set up home.  - Zig and Zag (TV series)
  • humdrum Richie says he knows somebody that is humdrum and Mork asks him if he needs a hint and he and Richie start singing Blueberry Hill.  - My Favorite Orkan
  • Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life.  - Hector and the Search for Happiness (film)
  • Alan Curtis (Kennedy), an American real estate agent living in England, is dissatisfied with his humdrum life.  - Impulse (1954 film)
  • Stuck between work and home, Kenan’s humdrum life takes a dramatic turn when the newly appointed toll booth manager visits for supervision.  - Toll Booth (film)
  • Eddie (Portman) owns a London barber's shop and leads an apparently humdrum life.  - Daybreak (1948 film)
  • Harry Lambert is a New England lumber company executive in a humdrum life with his wife Edith.  - Never Too Late (1965 film)
  • The film concerns a young Frenchman (Conrad Nagel) who forsakes the humdrum business world for the bohemian life of an artist.  - The Exquisite Sinner
  • Milton's fiancee and former secretary, Vivian Reilly, tries to get him to resume his old, humdrum life, but he likes it where he is.  - Are You with It?
  • The performance seems humdrum to Lucy, but she is very impressed with the soprano's performance.  - Lucy Gayheart
  • Lili, trapped in a humdrum existence, runs a nightclub that is situated on a river just at the water's edge.  - Scene of the Crime (1986 film)
  • Instead, Paul escapes his humdrum life by visiting Charley Edwards, a young actor.  - Paul's Case
  • Humbert travels to their home and finds that she is now a roundly expectant woman in glasses leading a pleasant, humdrum life.  - Lolita (1962 film)

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