drab

Example Sentences

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In a speech to the European Parliament Tuesday, he pointed to export licences "issued in dribs and drabs" and said deliveries were falling behind schedule.

From Barron's

Goodwill also has to win over skeptical landlords who still might think of Goodwill as drab stores that attract primarily lower-income customers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The warming trend comes only a couple of months after Southern Californians endured one of the drabbest and wettest winter in recent memory.

From Los Angeles Times

You may have missed it, or even dismissed the image as a drab dot—nothing near the splendor of sights like the Carina nebula.

From Scientific American

I read them regularly, like teeny tiny true soap operas, meted out in the dribs and drabs of social posts.

From New York Times