be dying of boredom

Put them in the schools where the kids are dying of boredom."

Unless they just happen to be dying of boredom or they're new to the job and still very eager.

"Otherwise, I'd be dying of boredom," he adds.

He was dying of boredom.

These huge corporations are dying of boredom caused by the inertia of giantism.

(I am surely not the only person to feel this way; the "Frasier" writers appear to be dying of boredom with their new subject matter.)

Juliet complains to her nurse that she is dying of boredom and wishes that she could be unmarried, able to play the deadly game of love.

THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS: Back in the 1970's, what would two eighth graders in a Southern parochial school have done if they were dying of boredom?

The New York Post critic wrote of the opening episodes: "If HBO's new vampire show is any indication, there would still be countless deaths - especially among vampire hunters and the viewers who love them - because everyone would be dying of boredom.