dour
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And yet, the film fails to utilize either to its advantage, wasting great talent and a halfway-decent premise on mind-numbing dialogue, repetitive plotting and dour lighting.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
"The general population quite like the fact that there are ridiculous people on stage" in what is normally a dour political event, party member and candidate Nick The Flying Brick told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
She’s a little rain cloud of a person, dour and humorless, though perhaps rightly offended by being passed over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The spring selling season ended on a dour note, with sales of existing homes falling 2.4% in June, according to the National Association of Realtors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Peter Thunkle, the butt of O’Doyle’s mean names was none other than Petey, their dour clerk friend from Archie’s Hardware Store.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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