grow dull
Example Sentences
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Nor is it new to fume that poets in particular grow dull amid the trappings of capitalism.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2012
"Inspired by" actual interviews with youngsters, the engaging boho characters do, well, nothing much, yet they don't grow dull or self-consciously hip.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rare is the dog-owner who has not seen one of his animals grow dull, lose appetite, begin to cough, vomit, twitch, discharge from nose and eyes, or show some other of distemper's dismal symptoms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their lips crack, and their eyes grow dull.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
As people who live in such places grow dull, and get to think and speak with extraordinary slowness, the plot was not complete when the peddler appeared at the door.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
