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Another flaw of the 1980s-90s plan is a bunker-like special exhibition space, the Hall Napoléon, known for its impressive shows and dreary atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
It was just after 5 o’clock in the morning on a dreary day, and fortunately, no ships were nearby.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
If the future of filmmaking really is in the hands of those who can best define this dreary period of life, “It Ends” meets that challenge with an optimistic, tenacious flair movies have been missing.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The novel follows Lila Dixon, an acerbic, cynical baseball scout living a dreary and closed-off life in her 30s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The part of Germany I was in was bleak, flat, and dreary.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
Academics preferred the 20th century’s drearier strains of pessimistic poetry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Allen closed his essay emphasizing the significance of Keaton’s death: “A few days ago the world was a place that included Diane Keaton. Now it’s a world that does not. Hence it’s a drearier world.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
He added that the world was now a "drearier" place without her in it.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
They made the pedestrian plaza in the back even drearier.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
If Courtney and Jupiter take notice of my drearier demeanor post-field-trip-and-photo-discovery, neither lets on.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
And as an already sleep deprived, anxiety attack-prone person facing the darkest, dreariest season of the year, I figured it was worth a shot to try to nourish my way to a better attitude.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
The result is a celebratory starter that wakes up the palate and brightens the dreariest winter day — but, of course, our grannies already knew that.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
"The problem with Pixar's latest feature isn't just that it's the animation house's dullest, dreariest, most spiritually empty to date. It's that it fails even on its own painstakingly contrived open-goal terms."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022
After losing his bid for speaker, De León was stripped of his Appropriations chairmanship and relegated to one of the dreariest offices in the state Capitol.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
‘That’ll be a lot more fun than fiddling around with figures. I hate figures. Figures are probably the dreariest things on this earth.’
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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