"a boring evening with uninteresting people"

"the deadening effect of some routine tasks"

"a dull play"

"his competent but dull performance"

"a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"

"what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke

"tedious days on the train"

"the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain

"other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

"long-winded (or windy) speakers"

"verbose and ineffective instructional methods"

"newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"

"proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"