dowdy

Example Sentences

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The company also saw that its selection was dowdy and uninspiring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

She wore dowdy skirts with equally drab cardigans.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

The character of Dame Edna began as a dowdy Mrs. Norm Everage who first took to the stage in Humphries’ hometown of Melbourne in the mid-1950s.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

“I felt like I was pretending when I was going in and auditioning to play these dowdy people.”

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

She was a fat, dowdy, middle-aged woman with black hair and a slight moustache, but she was made of human flesh.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White