Example Sentences

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The sky was one unbroken pall of gray, Casting a gloom upon the restless sea, Dulling her sapphire splendour to a dark And minor beauty.

From Under King Constantine by Trask, Katrina

I draw aside the cloud that all abroad doth flow, Dulling the eyes of mortal men, and darkening dewily The world about.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

Now, pray, no bosh About the habit of defending crime Dulling the sensibilities in time!

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870 by Various