dulled

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Yet performance has not dulled the appetite for change.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The law’s shield is shattered, and its sword is dulled.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

You can tell she has written jokes, and maybe in print they would make you laugh—my guess is, they would—but her thin timbre and dulled rhythms don’t serve the material well at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Five years after a Times investigation dulled the shine of the glitzy Hollywood affair, the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, airing Sunday, will cap off a multi-day series of events and tributes now dubbed “Golden Week.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

It was poor Silky she was thinking of: His chestnut coat dulled with lack of care, burrs stuck in his forelock, he was distrustful of humans, and prone to bite, at least at first....

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood