dreary
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The Gray Lady’s dreary Luddites are as suspicious of Times management as they are of Silicon Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The New York Knicks spent the first two decades of this 21st century being as dreary and miserable a franchise as there was in basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
A period of dreary, windy, cool weather is settling across Southern California this week, as a cold system from the Pacific Northwest moves south.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
It is 9 p.m. on a dreary night in Shadow Hills, just miles away from the lush foothills of the Verdugo Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Which is why it’s so bright for a dreary November afternoon.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
Vocabulary lists containing dreary
100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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