drab

Example Sentences

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One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.

From The Wall Street Journal

The primary colors are drab grays and ugly browns.

From Los Angeles Times

The drab Chevron at the edge of Chinatown always makes the news.

From Los Angeles Times

He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.

From The Wall Street Journal

I walked slowly up a cinder path between drab gray barracks.

From Literature