dreary

If the future of filmmaking really is in the hands of those who can best define this dreary period of life, “It Ends” meets that challenge with an optimistic, tenacious flair movies have been missing.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

It's a hobby that started six years ago, when he went to Shetland to see the northern lights - though the weather was so dreary he "didn't see anything".

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

A period of dreary, windy, cool weather is settling across Southern California this week, as a cold system from the Pacific Northwest moves south.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Trust me when I say that this pasta is the perfect meal to end a dreary, months-long hibernation and welcome spring with open arms.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

She lost her dreary air, her face became animated, the bloom of youth came back to her.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Here’s another of those: a slower and drearier version of the Hollies hit.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Academics preferred the 20th century’s drearier strains of pessimistic poetry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

He added that the world was now a "drearier" place without her in it.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025

Once the game is afoot, though, “The Menu’s” soufflé starts to sag, with the plot becoming drearier in direct proportion to the body-horror jump scares.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022

If Courtney and Jupiter take notice of my drearier demeanor post-field-trip-and-photo-discovery, neither lets on.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

It might be the dreariest month of the year, but there are at least two things going for February: It’s short, and it’s not January.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

And as an already sleep deprived, anxiety attack-prone person facing the darkest, dreariest season of the year, I figured it was worth a shot to try to nourish my way to a better attitude.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023

"The problem with Pixar's latest feature isn't just that it's the animation house's dullest, dreariest, most spiritually empty to date. It's that it fails even on its own painstakingly contrived open-goal terms."

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022

After losing his bid for speaker, De León was stripped of his Appropriations chairmanship and relegated to one of the dreariest offices in the state Capitol.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022

That Sunday turned out to be the dreariest one on record.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt