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

Uline's core business — selling boxes — is so boring there's an entire Simpsons bit devoted to its dullness.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2022

But his approach to his books was shaped in part by his Jesuit background, by the depth of his learning and the dullness of how he learned it.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

A classroom joke was always appreciated, anything to fracture the dullness of routine.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier