dullness

Example Sentences

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It feels like a petty grievance—yet another example of greatness being conflated with dullness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Excessive coloring of the hair to lighten the color can cause damage to the hair shaft leading to dullness, increased hair fragility, and breakage.

From National Geographic • Aug. 22, 2023

In the role of the younger Bucky, Alexandre Gonin finds a sense of awkward seriousness that never tips over into dullness.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2023

“There was just a weird dullness on defense.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022

The audience in the Capitol will be getting bored, claiming that these Games are verging on dullness.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins