drab
Example Sentences
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The drab Chevron at the edge of Chinatown these days is charging nearly $9 a gallon, $3 more than the Los Angeles area’s average of $5.72.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Not too long ago, “Bridgerton” was held in the highest esteem in the meeting place between TV fantasy and drab reality.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 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
With a sense of joy that’s palpable even in the drab office space where we’re conducting our interview.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
The drab workmen scuttle all around, occupying the same universe but seemingly on a different dimension.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.