drab
Example Sentences
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On May 10 in a Damascus courtroom, Atef Najib, Assad’s cousin, sat shackled in a metal cage dressed in a drab striped prison uniform.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Other than one queasy homage to “Deliverance,” the film’s handling of the showdown between this drab married couple and the cartoonish criminals is rarely gripping.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
And who else but the Lakers to provide some spice during the drab stretch of the season between the trade deadline and the playoffs?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Even the pastor’s wife from back in Georgia seemed like a drab mallard next to this swan.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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