dull
Example Sentences
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“There will never be a dull moment,” Musselman said in May.
From Los Angeles Times
I sat back and stared at the dull tan wall of the dorm room I’d called home ever since I could remember.
From Literature
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Hughes’ script supplies Andie with a fount of vivacious wit and self-assurance, which is what makes watching her dull her shine as the film progresses so confounding.
From Salon
"At first we heard a dull noise and thought it was a fighter jet."
From Barron's
The city spent three weeks under grey skies in the midst of what looks to have been Scotland's fifth dullest winter since 1910.
From BBC
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