drab
Example Sentences
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That sentiment can often seem true in a market where studio executives favor sequels and drab intellectual property over originality and fresh takes.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
The infinite size of these drab catacombs triggers sense-memories of feeling small and confused in an ordinary place that feels all wrong.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Emma Garman’s “The Kindness of Strangers” is set in London in 1953, a postwar era so drab that even the weather seems exhausted.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
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
Those classrooms were the most colorful part of the unit, the walls covered with posters, word lists, number lines—a visual vacation from the drab sameness of the rest of the unit.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Code Talker
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