But despite looting, attacks, stonings and the sheer monotony of refugee life, only a trickle of refugees are returning to Rwanda.

I had some time to meditate upon the future, for space travel is sheer monotony once one is off world.

If they had a fault, it was the sheer monotony of tastefulness; everything blended, colours and shapes.

Home-shopping television is sheer monotony.

Thankful for anything that broke up the sheer monotony of his four hours at the conn, he strolled across the pilot house to the other side of the ship.

Now sheer monotony makes it stick in the gullet like sawdust.

The sheer monotony of paperwork could be soothing.

More aggravating than the pain was the sheer damned monotony of just about everything I uttered being punctuated by a cough.

Cato was in stride, the harangue would continue until he saw to his satisfaction that his sheer grinding monotony had worn everyone down.

The sheer monotony of it, Q thought, would surely drive him to suicide within days.