drab
Example Sentences
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It was July 2015, and Sherman, then a top Obama administration official at the State Department, had just stepped up to a lectern in a drab conference room.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
Others suggested Army Air Corps camouflage: dark olive drab, medium green, neutral gray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The primary colors are drab grays and ugly browns.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
He suffers from rheumatism and would like nothing more than to “heal” on a beach in Cuba—still the ideal of paradise for those who grew up in drab old communist Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Bod, in his grey winding sheet, felt dowdy and drab.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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