dully

Example Sentences

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As a result, unlike what his name would suggest, Unique is a fairly generic loner who dully seeks vengeance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Even this winter, the snow and record low temperatures couldn’t dully my getaway.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024

The land is on fire, dully but durably, its condition relayed from time to time in the measured tones of the weather report.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

But despite their chemistry, I found myself secretly, silently rooting for Daphne to say yes to her other suitor: unmysterious, dully predictable Prince Friedrich of Prussia.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2021

By the time he reached Parker Head, the sun had come out dully and shone on the brassy undersides of the high clouds.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt